It now became manifest that beauty is enhanced by adornment.
Source: tatoeba (6213462)
Adornment
//əˈdɔːnm(ə)nt//
Synonyms for "adornment" (52 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (26)
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2 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
41 translations across 21 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- զարդ noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
Bulgarian
4 entries- декорация noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
- кичене noun (the act of decorating)
- украса noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
- украсяване noun (the act of decorating)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 裝飾物 /装饰物 noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
Danish
2 entries- udsmykning noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
- udsmykning noun (the act of decorating)
Egyptian
1 entries- X:k:r-Aa30-Y1V noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
Esperanto
1 entries- ornamaĵo noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
French
1 entries- parure noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
Galician
3 entries- aderezo noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
- adobío noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
- adorno noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
German
1 entries- Verzierung noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
Hungarian
3 entries- dekoráció noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
- dísz noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
- díszítés noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
Irish
4 entries- maise noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
- maisiú noun (the act of decorating)
- maisiúchán noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
- ornú noun (the act of decorating)
Macedonian
1 entries- украс noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
Māori
1 entries- tuhi noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- utsmykking noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
- utsmykking noun (the act of decorating)
- utsmykning noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
- utsmykning noun (the act of decorating)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- utsmykking noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
- utsmykking noun (the act of decorating)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- زینت noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
Paicî
1 entries- näwêê noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
Polish
2 entries- adornacja noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
- ozdoba noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
Portuguese
2 entries- adornamento noun (the act of decorating)
- adorno noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
Spanish
2 entries- adorno noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
- decoración noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
Ukrainian
2 entries- оздо́ба noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
- прикра́са noun (a decoration; that which adorns)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
There is a widespread opinion that all study of the mode of oratory is unmanly, and leads to the substitution of artifice and adornment for simplicity and power.
Source: tatoeba (11789339)
The draperies did little to keep out the light; rather, they were mainly there as adornment for the windows.
Source: wiktionary
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