adorned

[ uh-dawrnd ]

/ əˈdɔrnd /

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adjective

decorated or beautified, as by ornaments:On the road to Karachi we saw yellow and white taxis and convoys of garishly adorned trucks.

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.

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Origin of adorned

adorn + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM adorned

o·ver·a·dorned, adjectiveun·a·dorned, adjectivewell-a·dorned, adjective

Words nearby adorned

adoral, adoration, adorbs, adore, adorn, adorned, adornment, adorno, Adoula, Adour, Adowa

How to use adorned in a sentence

There, he adorned her naked body in the necklaces they’d unearthed on the dig.
Harvard students told a lurid tale of murder. Was it true?|Marin Cogan|December 11, 2020|Washington Post
Small images of global landmarks adorned the spine and caught my eye.
World class: Remembering legendary travel writer Jan Morris|Liza Weisstuch|December 10, 2020|Washington Post
Electron microscopy images of a sample from one patient revealed what look like intact virus particles adorned with a crown of spike proteins, a distinctive feature of coronaviruses.
Immunity to COVID-19 may persist six months or more|Erin Garcia de Jesus|November 24, 2020|Science News
For this year’s Cranes and Colors theme, 1,000 paper cranes will adorn the 13-foot-tall tree that resides indoors, in the Grand Gallery.
NYC for the holidays: The city’s classic traditions have been tweaked for the times|Andrea Sachs|November 19, 2020|Washington Post

In Milford, the Mispillion Riverwalk is adorned with 18 model boats based on the Augusta, the yacht built at the Vinyard Shipyard in 1927.
In Delaware, a new Instagram-friendly driving trail spotlights local artists and sites|Andrea Sachs|November 6, 2020|Washington Post
Missy, 37, is a petite, bespectacled gal with a green pixie cut, and her arms are adorned with tattoos.
Masters of Alt Sex: SuicideGirls Hits Puberty and Wants to Invade Your TV Set|Marlow Stern|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The story of the fire was certainly not complete, but it was at least coherent, and three of our halftones adorned Page 1.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire|H.L. Mencken|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In return we lent the hospitable Post our halftones, and they adorned its first city edition next morning.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire|H.L. Mencken|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Fans will doubtless flock to Austin to see that dress and two others that adorned Vivien Leigh.
How 'Gone With the Wind' Got Made|Helen Anders|September 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Finally, we came to the ornately carved temple portal itself, adorned with an image of a snake to its side.
Fighting Back With Faith: Inside the Yezidis’ Iraqi Temple|Michael Luongo|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rouen is interesting for its antiquities, including several venerable and richly adorned Churches which I had no time to visit.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Beds, in those days, were warmed with copper warming pans, and nightcaps adorned the slumbering heads of both sexes.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Many of these like German pipes are made of porcelain, adorned with portraits (p. 149) and landscapes.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
In the courts of princes and wealthy natives the vessels and tubes are lavishly adorned with precious metals.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Neither are there any terraces and verandahs adorned with elegant trellis-work and flowers, as there are in other warm countries.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer