adorned

American  

[uh-dawrnd] / əˈdɔrnd /

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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• overadorned adjective
• unadorned adjective
• well-adorned adjective

Etymology

Origin of adorned

adorn ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The change could benefit the Reel Inn Malibu, a family-owned seafood restaurant adorned with surfboards and string lights that had operated for 36 years before it was destroyed in the fire.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pink appears to have been a favorite hue for Plaza, with the primary bathroom painted a very pale rose and adorned with fun lighting fixtures in a similar color.

From MarketWatch

Here is Melville’s literary leviathan fantastically adorned with more than 270 of Kent’s black-and-white illustrations, many of them a full page in size.

From The Wall Street Journal

Red and white caution tape, flowers and candles adorned the street where the tragedy occurred, while police shielded the site with white screens.

From Barron's

She was the girl whose poster adorned the bedroom of a teenage John Lennon.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• decorated
• embellished