adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of unadorn form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Having no additional decoration or embellishment; plain and simple

   "Her clothes were unadorned, yet her beauty was undiminished."

Adjective

1. 1
   not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

unembellishedaustereunembellishedarcadianasceticaustere

Antonyms

All antonyms

gaudyoverwroughtadornedbells and whistles

Example

More examples

"It was a small, unadorned room."

Etymology

From un- + adorned.

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