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Adorned

/əˈdɔːnd/

To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

📖 Definitions of "Adorned"

verb

1
To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
"a character adorned with every Christian grace"

adjective

1
Having been decorated or embellished through applied items or alterations (adornments).

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
embellished	Having been made more attractive, compelling or interesting.
ornateverb	Elaborately ornamented, often to excess.
clinquantnoun	Glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.
ruffled	(informal) Bothered.
embossed	With raised letters or images on the surface.
encircled	enclosed within a circle
featherynoun	Resembling feathers.
fringed	Possessing a fringe.
spangled	Having spangles.
gilt-edged	Of the highest quality.
laced	Fastened with lace or laces (light cordage).
decorated	Having had decorations applied; adorned with attractive items.
wreathed	adorned or crowned with a circlet; sometimes used as combining forms
cloisonnenoun	(metalwork, uncountable) A decorative technique for metalwork, especially brass, whereby colored enamel is baked in partitions (cloisons) between raised ridges of the metal.
ringed	Marked with rings, circles, or loops.
inflamed	Resulting from or affected by inflammation.
tessellated	Covered with tiles (pieces that are similarly shaped)
sequined	Decorated with sequins.
raised	(cooking) Leavened, especially with yeast.
inlaid	(of a design) Set into a surface in a decorative pattern.
studded	Having studs.
decked	Adorned or embellished.
inwrought	Having a design that has been worked or woven in.
buttonynoun	Resembling a button or buttons.
brocaded	Embellished with brocade.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
unadorned	Having no additional decoration or embellishment; plain and simple
undecorated	Without decoration or adornment

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
decorated	Having had decorations applied; adorned with attractive items.
decked	Adorned or embellished.
bedecked	Covered; encrusted; arrayed.
inwrought	Having a design that has been worked or woven in.
tricked out	(informal, idiomatic, sometimes hyphenated) Of persons and things, decorated, dressed, or customized in an especially fancy, elaborate, or excessive manner.
beaded	Made from, or decorated with, beads.
beady	Resembling beads; small, round, and gleaming.
tinselly	Resembling or adorned with tinsel.
studded	Having studs.
cladverb	(of a person, preceded by a garment type) Wearing clothing or some other covering (for example, an armour) on the body; clothed, dressed.
buttonynoun	Resembling a button or buttons.
tapestried	Decorated with tapestry.
tasselled	Having tassels.
braided	Plaited, woven, entwined.
sequined	Decorated with sequins.
tasseled	Having tassels.
fringed	Possessing a fringe.
frilly	Having frills; frilled.
frilled	Having frills, frilly.
clothedverb	Wearing clothes or clothing.