Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of adorn
adjectiveadorned (comparative more adorned, superlative most adorned)
comparative more adorned · superlative most adorned
- Having been decorated or embellished through applied items or alterations (adornments).
Sit downe by her: adorned with my Crowne, As if thou wert the Empreſſe of the world.
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveprovided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
Opposite
Also see
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Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
adorned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adorned
MLA
“adorned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adorned. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adorned,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adorned.
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