ornate

adjective

ȯr-ˈnāt How to pronounce ornate (audio)
Definition of ornatenext
1
as in baroque
elaborately and often excessively decorated an ornate gambling casino that is designed to look like an Italian palace

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2
as in rhetorical
full of fine words and fancy expressions the ornate prose that was standard in all diplomatic correspondence in those days

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Recent Examples of ornate One features only a few men dressed in black suits, standing in an ornate bank. — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 28 July 2026 The Wuthering Heights actress stunned in a flowy butter yellow silk tank top, which featured micro yellow straps and was trimmed with ornate white eyelet lace along the neckline and hemline. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 26 July 2026 The Venice Film Festival unveiled the lineup for its 83rd edition at a news conference Thursday in the ornate historical archive of parent body La Biennale. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 July 2026 Many of them had the notion that Homer should sound archaic, perhaps because a lot of translations created their own ornate anachronistic English that had nothing to do with the language of the epics. — Literary Hub, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for ornate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ornate
  1. baroque
  2. rhetorical
  3. decorated
  4. purple
  5. extravagant
  6. florid
  7. gilded
  8. flowery
Adjective
  • There’s just something so deeply magnetic about baroque pearls, which are known for their irregular, non-spherical shape.
    — Selene Oliva, Glamour, 13 July 2026
  • Gyllenhaal received the President’s Award on Friday at the festival’s opening night ceremony, and talked to the international press on Saturday in a suite at the neo-baroque Grand Hotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 4 July 2026
Definition of baroque
Adjective
  • Aristotle was the first to systematically study the power of metaphor as a rhetorical device.
    — Richard Yanowitch, Mercury News, 29 July 2026
  • For more than two centuries, highlighting Washington’s antislavery bona fides has functioned as a politically convenient rhetorical tool.
    — John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
Definition of rhetorical
Adjective
  • There are several good options here, but Perkins was a decorated player his first two years at LSU before an ACL tear altered his path.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 29 July 2026
  • Australian authorities have arrested and charged the country's most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, 47, with five war crime murders allegedly committed during the war in Afghanistan.
    — Elaine Mallon, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of decorated
Adjective
  • The Rodrigo Flower Bouquet is a 400-piece set built around a striking purple flower made from electric guitars.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • But the dark purple/eggplant/plum that was their regular road jersey is unbeatable and wonderfully distinct.
    — The Athletic NHL Staff, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of purple
Adjective
  • The average song would be a couple of minutes, and four would seem like an extravagant jam.
    — Brian Howe, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026
  • Meteorite from Sebastián Múnera follows two young women on a journey through an extravagant amusement park built on the estate of the late drug lord Pablo Escobar.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 20 July 2026
Definition of extravagant
Adjective
  • Indeed, the underwriters used some uncharacteristically florid language in lauding SpaceX’s prospects.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 18 July 2026
  • But there’s a savvy 2026 vibe about the way the film refuses to create florid melodrama out of quotidian crisis, and instead observes with generosity as the characters grope awkwardly toward emotional détente and mutual forgiveness.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
Definition of florid
Adjective
  • Ben Affleck would very much like a side of golden arches to go along with his pair of gilded Oscars, thank you very much!
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026
  • Archer’s name was printed in black type on the lower crossbar of the gilt wood frame.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
Definition of gilded
Adjective
  • He is never lost for words, his answers fluent, flowery and free of ums or ers.
    — Andy McGrath, New York Times, 11 July 2026
  • Bailee Madison wears a gorgeous gown with flowery detailing at the CeraVe Global CerAwards on June 4 in Los Angeles.
    — People Staff, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
Definition of flowery

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