1.
[syn: adorned, decorated]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Decorate \Dec"o*rate\ (d[e^]k"[-o]*r[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Decorated (d[e^]k"[-o]*r[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Decorating (d[e^]k"[-o]*r[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L. decoratus, p.
p. of decorare, fr. decus ornament; akin to decere to be
becoming. See Decent.]
To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary;
to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the
person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with
flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to
decorate a hero with honors.
[1913 Webster]
Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets
decorated her arms. --Thackeray.
Syn: To adorn; embellish; ornament; beautify; grace. See
Adorn.
[1913 Webster]
Decorated style (Arch.), a name given by some writers to
the perfected English Gothic architecture; it may be
considered as having flourished from about a. d. 1300 to
a. d. 1375.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
decorated \decorated\ adj.
having decorations. [Narrower terms: beaded, beady,
bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled,
sequined, spangled, spangly; bedaubed; bespectacled,
monocled, spectacled; braided; brocaded, embossed,
raised; buttony; carbuncled; champleve, cloisonne,
enameled; crested, plumed having a decorative plume);
crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted; crested;
embellished, ornamented, ornate; embroidered; encircled,
ringed, wreathed; fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked
out; feathery, feathered, plumy; frilled, frilly,
ruffled; fringed; gilt-edged; inflamed; inlaid;
inwrought; laced; mosaic, tessellated; paneled,
wainscoted; studded; tapestried; tasseled, tasselled;
tufted; clinquant, tinseled, tinselly; tricked-out]
Also See: clothed, fancy. Antonym: unadorned.
Syn: adorned.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
decorated
adj 1: provided with something intended to increase its beauty
or distinction [syn: adorned, decorated] [ant:
unadorned, undecorated]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "decorated":
adorned, beaded, bedecked, bedizened, befrilled, bejeweled,
beribboned, bespangled, colored, decked out, embellished,
embroidered, fancy, feathered, festooned, figurative, figured,
florid, flowered, flowery, garnished, jeweled, lush, luxuriant,
ornamented, ornate, overcharged, overloaded, plumed, purple,
spangled, spangly, studded, tricked out, trimmed, wreathed