adorned

[uh-dawrnd]

adjective

1. decorated or beautified, as by ornaments.

   On the road to Karachi we saw yellow and white taxis and convoys of garishly adorned trucks.

2. made more pleasing, impressive, etc.; enhanced.

   The university is located in Krakow, Poland, one of the most attractive and culturally adorned cities in Eastern Europe.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of adorn.

Other Word Forms

• overadorned adjective
• unadorned adjective
• well-adorned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of adorned¹

adorn ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Others were adorned with Bible verses as the air echoed with different Mormon hymns.

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The five members and the secretary meet in the Committee room of Oslo's Nobel institute, adorned with the same chandelier and oak furniture since the first prize.

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Men, women, the elderly and the young all join in, adorned in eye-catching clothes and jewellery.

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In the land of the living, Heiyahas fully come into her own and is fashion-forward, adorned with gaudy jewelry, along with a denim jacket and miniskirt.

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Recurring motifs, including a trio of nondescript dogs that several workshop attendees adopted for their own mugs, adorned various Stringer originals strewn about Backhouse.

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Related Words

• decorated 
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