ORNATE Synonyms: 126 Similar and Opposite Words

ornate

adjective

ȯr-ˈnāt

Definition of ornate

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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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 His poetry is notoriously difficult to translate because of its highly ornate, extended metaphors, which have few easy equivalents in English. — Krupa Shandilya, The Conversation, 25 June 2026 Opened in 1901, the ornate behemoth in Center City, built in the style of the Second Empire, remains a showstopper today. — Regan Stephens, New York Times, 2 July 2026 More than 140 family members and friends filled the 18th century Victorian house of worship’s wooden pews, iconic for featuring ornate animals carved into their ends. — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026 Under an ornate wooden ceiling in a courtroom where Al Capone once stood trial, representatives of Miami-Dade County on Tuesday made a pitch for betting big on one of Miami’s oldest buildings. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for ornate

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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
There were even more turns — including civil litigation that continues to this day — in what was already a baroque narrative.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026

Definition of baroque

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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
The decorated skier suffered back-to-back injuries in the last month.

— Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026

Definition of decorated

Adjective

In the second year, a hollow stalk with purple spots grows 5 to 10 feet tall.

— Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Then there was Felix Olivero, wearing a purple Argentina jersey and matching hat, leaning on his crutches under the hot sun on the scorching blacktop of a Hard Rock parking lot.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026

Definition of purple

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There is always a suspension of disbelief required in luxury fashion, as designers use the runway to communicate their most extravagant, pie-in-the-sky vision of what clothes could be.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
Davis was known to the world for his extravagant style and lavish Grammy parties.

— Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 29 June 2026

Definition of extravagant

Adjective

Mamdani gave a florid speech, recalling great moments in the team’s history, plus past players who’d fallen short of the ultimate prize but had contributed to the momentum that had finally culminated in this great win.

— Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
Championship matches, which rarely last longer than 30 minutes and sometimes much less, are inevitably preceded by hours of participants making all manner of florid claims and trash-talking their opponents.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026

Definition of florid

Adjective

Bailee Madison wears a gorgeous gown with flowery detailing at the CeraVe Global CerAwards on June 4 in Los Angeles.

— People Staff, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Pastels match the optimism in the air—even when they’re done in small doses, like a flowery French tip or a lavender square nail, proving that even the tiniest manicure details can capture the magic of the season.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 22 May 2026

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