Decorated
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Decorate \Dec"o*rate\ (d[e^]k"[-o]*r[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Decorated} (d[e^]k"[-o]*r[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Decorating} (d[e^]k"[-o]*r[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. decoratus, p.
p. of decorare, fr. decus ornament; akin to decere to be
becoming. See {Decent}.]
To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary;
to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the
person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with
flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to
decorate a hero with honors.
[1913 Webster]
Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets
decorated her arms. --Thackeray.
Syn: To adorn; embellish; ornament; beautify; grace. See
{Adorn}.
[1913 Webster]
{Decorated style} (Arch.), a name given by some writers to
the perfected English Gothic architecture; it may be
considered as having flourished from about a. d. 1300 to
a. d. 1375.
[1913 Webster]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
decorated \decorated\ adj.
having decorations. [Narrower terms: {beaded, beady,
bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled,
sequined, spangled, spangly}; {bedaubed}; {bespectacled,
monocled, spectacled}; {braided}; {brocaded, embossed,
raised}; {buttony}; {carbuncled}; {champleve, cloisonne,
enameled}; {crested, plumed having a decorative plume)};
{crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted}; {crested};
{embellished, ornamented, ornate}; {embroidered}; {encircled,
ringed, wreathed}; {fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked
out}; {feathery, feathered, plumy}; {frilled, frilly,
ruffled}; {fringed}; {gilt-edged}; {inflamed}; {inlaid};
{inwrought}; {laced}; {mosaic, tessellated}; {paneled,
wainscoted}; {studded}; {tapestried}; {tasseled, tasselled};
{tufted}; {clinquant, tinseled, tinselly}; {tricked-out}]
Also See: {clothed}, {fancy}. Antonym: {unadorned}.
Syn: adorned.
[WordNet 1.5]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "decorated":
adorned, beaded, bedecked, bedizened, befrilled, bejeweled,
beribboned, bespangled, colored, decked out, embellished,
embroidered, fancy, feathered, festooned, figurative, figured,
florid, flowered, flowery, garnished, jeweled, lush, luxuriant,
ornamented, ornate, overcharged, overloaded, plumed, purple,
spangled, spangly, studded, tricked out, trimmed, wreathed
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