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ornate
Meaning: elaborately decorated
ornate in a sentence
How ornate is used in real sentences:
The cathedral's ornate ceiling was covered in gold leaf and painted figures.
The palace gates were ornate, covered in swirling iron patterns.
“An ornate tube-worm colony expanded along one wall, adding new ridges and branching chambers to structures already dense with detail.”
— from the passage A Basin Between Tides
Synonyms for ornate
Other words for ornate — elaborate, embellished and decorative — carry the same meaning.
- elaborate
- embellished
- decorative
Antonyms of ornate
Words that mean the opposite of ornate:
- plain
- unadorned
Where it comes from
From Latin ornare 'to adorn'
Memory hook
OR-NATE sounds like 'OR-namENT' — think of an ornament-covered, ornate object.