Curtained

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of curtain form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Covered or partitioned with a curtain or curtains. not-comparable

    "Golden head by golden head, / Like to pigeons in one nest / Folded in each other's wings, / They lay down in their curtained bed:"

  2. 2
    Hidden or separated as if by a curtain. figuratively, not-comparable

    "Now o'er the one halfworld / Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse / The curtain'd sleep;"

  3. 3
    Hung with a curtain or curtains of the specified type. in-compounds, not-comparable

    "And in his sedgy bed the lark, for joy that Day is nigh, / Scatters the pearléd dew from off the grass, / In tremulous ecstasy to greet the sun, / Who soon in gilded panoply will pass / Forth from yon orange-curtained pavilion / Hung in the burning east, […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
armoredcloudedcovertdrapedenvelopedfloored

Example

More examples

"Most of the buildings were five or six stories in height, and their curtained, oblong windows and the bright, tawdry shops at their base had an oddly lifeless aspect, in spite of the sounds and animations which occurred within and around them."

More for "curtained"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.