ornate

ornate
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. See ornament. Ant., simple, plain.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Highly decorated]
Syn. showy, flamboyant, bedight*, superficial, curved, flowery, resplendent, sumptuous, lavish, bespangled, many-colored, brilliant, parti-colored, bright, colored, tinseled, Jeweled, embroidered, begilt, glossy, tessellated, burnished, polished, gorgeous, pompous, stylish, magnificent, adorned, festooned, trimmed, gilded, embellished, furbished, encrusted, striped, waved, scrolled, inlaid, illuminated, garnished, decked, bedecked, flowered, glowing, vivid, variegated, radiant, fine, gay, alluring, dazzling, sparkling, scintilLating, shining, flashing, glistening, glamorous, glittering, grotesque, ornamented, artificial, ostentatious, pretentious, flaunting, baroque, rococo, gaudy, glitzy, tawdry, flashy, meretricious; see also elaborate 1 .
2. [Referring to writing or speech]
Syn. adorned, ornamented, embellished, euphuistic; see elegant 3 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
elaborate, showy, flamboyant, florid, aureate, flowery, busy, fussy, fancy, flashy, gaudy, baroque, rococo, arabesque, rich, lush.
ANT.: stark, plain, simple
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Elaborately and heavily ornamented: baroque, flamboyant, florid, rococo. See PLAIN.

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