Dictionary Definition
ornate adj
1 rich in decorative detail [syn: embellished, ornamented]
2 marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated
with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric
taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton [syn: flowery]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪt
Adjective
- elaborately ornamented, often to excess
- flashy, flowery or showy
Translations
elaborately ornamented, often to excess
- Finnish: koristeellinen, koristeltu
flashy, flowery or showy
Italian
Verb
ornate- Form of Second-person plural present tense, ornare
- Form of Second-person plural imperative, ornare#Italian|ornare
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
adorned, arabesque, aureate, baroque, befrilled, busy, chichi, colored, decorated, elaborate, elegant, embellished, embroidered, fancy, festooned, figurative, figured, fine, flamboyant, florid, flowery, frilly, fussy, gilded, high-wrought, labored, luscious, lush, luxuriant, luxurious, moresque, opulent, ostentatious, overcharged, overdone, overelaborate, overelegant, overlabored, overloaded, overworked, overwrought, picturesque, pretty-pretty,
purple, resplendent, rich, rococo, sumptuous