decorated

4 definitions found

decorated - 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]

  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]

decorated - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  decorated
      adj 1: provided with something intended to increase its beauty
             or distinction [syn: adorned, decorated] [ant:
             unadorned, undecorated]

decorated - 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