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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
decorated \decorated\ adjective 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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Decorate \Dec"o*rate\ (d[e^]k"[-o]*r[=a]t), verb (used with an object) [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.
Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decorated her arms. --Thackeray.
Syn: To adorn; embellish; ornament; beautify; grace. See {Adorn}.
{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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
decorated
adjective: provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction [syn: {adorned}] [ant: {unadorned}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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