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adorneddecorated or made beautiful with ornaments

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: decorated or made beautiful with ornaments

Pronunciation (IPA): /əˈdɔːrnd/

Korean meaning: 장식된, 꾸며진

Korean pronunciation: 어**돈**드

Example Sentences

  • The Christmas tree was adorned with so many lights that the electricity bill made Santa cry.
  • The museum walls were adorned with priceless paintings from famous artists.
  • His resume was adorned with fake achievements, but his interview skills were genuine disasters.

adorned

ADJECTIVE

//əˈdɔːrnd//

decorated or made beautiful with ornaments

adorned concept
💡 Concept

A woman adorned with jewels and embroidery dances elegantly

adorned rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

She walks adorned while he who scorned remembers being warned!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/əˈdɔːrnd/
🇬🇧 UK/əˈdɔːnd/

🌳Etymology

Prefixad--
Rootorn
Suffix--ed

Origin

From Latin 'adornare', meaning 'to furnish or equip with ornaments.' The word entered English through Old French in the 14th century.

🎵Rhyme

warnedscornedmourned
warned
scorned
mourned

🔗Collocations

adorned with jewels
beautifully adorned
adorned bride
adorned with flowers
richly adorned

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The Christmas tree was adorned with so many lights that the electricity bill made Santa cry.

The museum walls were adorned with priceless paintings from famous artists.

😄 Fun example

His resume was adorned with fake achievements, but his interview skills were genuine disasters.

The palace gates were adorned with intricate golden patterns.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

decoratedembellishedornamentedbeautifiedgarnished

Antonyms

plainbareunadorned

Related

ornamentdecorationembellishmentadornornate

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