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 Another showed Teresa and Gia seated on an ornate blue-and-gold sofa inside a formal White House room. — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Her style is pithy and blunt, avoiding the ornate sentence structure of classical German. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 In Chinese history, the Song was neither as expansive as the Tang nor as ornate as the Qing. — Li Jun, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 On Thursday morning the ornate marble lobby of the New York Stock Exchange in lower Manhattan was turned into a museum of Hollywood history. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ornate

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The Ramos Gin Fizz thrives as the last extant representative of the category, like Macy’s Herald Square or modern day Vienna, a decadent and baroque monument to a once-vast empire.

— Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026
His third novel Ninety-Two in the Shade was a finalist for the National Book Award; fans say its baroque intelligence and post-hippie hangover were too real for the judges.

— Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of baroque

Adjective

Maybe that’s what tips her into some recklessness of her own, with an explanation of Hal’s forceful personality and brilliant rhetorical style as being intoxicating.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
That club includes former President Obama, whose rhetorical style has been compared to the young senator.

— Jared Gans, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of rhetorical

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There are several good options here, but Perkins was a decorated player his first two years at LSU before an ACL tear altered his path.

— Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 29 July 2026
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

Definition of decorated

Adjective

Like most of the country’s entries over the past decade, this blockbuster epic — a summer box office hit at home — makes for an extravagant display of the strength of the nation’s commercial film industry.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Noem was also under fire for extravagant spending at the department, while placing restrictions on FEMA disaster relief funds.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of extravagant

Adjective

One day, someone came in from a meditation-retreat center in a state of florid psychosis.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
Mariachi, tequila, and the florid masculinity of charrería, Mexico's national equestrian sport, all originated in Jalisco, the state for which Guadalajara serves as capital.

— Michael Snyder, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of florid

Adjective

Birkin’s bag was black box, a kind of calf leather, with gilded brass hardware, fashioned in a rectangular shape with saddle stitching and a burnished flap embossed with the initials JB.

— Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026
But in recent years tastes began changing; locals and visitors alike were drawn back to the serene atmosphere of the riverfront, with its open spaces, gilded temples, and potent sense of place.

— Tony Perrottet, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of gilded

Adjective

The MemoMind One’s summaries were particularly strange and vague, with awkward and nonsensically arranged concepts strung together with flowery horoscope-like language.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
Her flowery dress was the brightest thing in our corner of the car.

— Ledio Cakaj, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

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