ornate

[awr-neyt] / ɔrˈneɪt /

ADJECTIVE

fancily decorated

Synonyms

STRONGEST

baroque beautiful elegant embroidered fancy gaudy gilded glamorous lavish magnificent opulent rococo sparkling sumptuous

WEAK

adorned aureate bedecked bright brilliant busy colored convoluted dazzling elaborate fine flamboyant flashy flaunting florid flowery fussy glitzy glossy high-wrought jeweled luscious meretricious ornamented ostentatious overdone overelaborate pretentious resplendent rich showy splashy superficial tawdry variegated

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dull offensive plain poor ugly unsophisticated

WEAK

simple

Example Sentences

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There is a no-shoes policy in the office, the floor is lined with ornate rugs for socked feet, and a chef named Fausto serves lunch six days a week for its 250 employees.

From The Wall Street Journal

There, they broke into the ornate Apollo Room of the onetime palace and most-visited museum in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal

The one thing of real value we had was a pair of ornate 15-inch-tall silver candlesticks.

From MarketWatch

Danso has Ama sit in a long, ornate chair at the foot of the table—right across from the creepy painting.

From Literature

Barely visible beneath the dust was the letter A, in an ornate script.

From Literature

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