Ornate
adjective
Decorated with a lot of details and fancy shapes.
The museum had an ornate entrance with gold detailing.
Often appears as...
- ornate architecture
- ornate design
adjective
Using complicated language and hard-to-understand words.
The author's ornate style of writing made it difficult for some readers to understand.
Often appears as...
- ornate language
- ornate prose
Usage tips
Literary
adjective
Decorated with a lot of details and fancy shapes.
The museum had an ornate entrance with gold detailing.
Often appears as...
- ornate architecture
- ornate design
adjective
Using complicated language and hard-to-understand words.
The author's ornate style of writing made it difficult for some readers to understand.
Often appears as...
- ornate language
- ornate prose
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Complexity
Refers to physical objects with elaborate decorations, not simple or minimal.
The ornate carvings on the temple walls were breathtaking.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Wealth
Common in describing historical or culturally significant items, representing richness.
Visitors admired the ornate tapestries at the castle.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Elegance
Often implies admiration for something finely created and designed.
The ornate gown she wore was the highlight of the fashion show.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Complexity
Refers to physical objects with elaborate decorations, not simple or minimal.
The ornate carvings on the temple walls were breathtaking.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Wealth
Common in describing historical or culturally significant items, representing richness.
Visitors admired the ornate tapestries at the castle.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Elegance
Often implies admiration for something finely created and designed.
The ornate gown she wore was the highlight of the fashion show.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Complexity
Refers to physical objects with elaborate decorations, not simple or minimal.
The ornate carvings on the temple walls were breathtaking.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Wealth
Common in describing historical or culturally significant items, representing richness.
Visitors admired the ornate tapestries at the castle.
Pro Tip 3/3Positive Elegance
Often implies admiration for something finely created and designed.
The ornate gown she wore was the highlight of the fashion show.
Compare with
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The Costumes PIPE Killing...
Hessian so it's to historically accurate as well it's very kind of its it this Judas is one I should probably got best feel of the Apostles it's very ornate and would suggest that he's slightly you know slightly more well-off than the others attention to details amazing and costume guys have an amazing job as soon as you put the costume on and you said
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Confessions of a...
We hired these great, wonderful people, let's give them the mission that's 'delight the customer,' let's give them the tool to do so, and that's these notes -- have at it." And so what we found was actually pretty startling. Some folks actually took the notes and actually started drawing these really ornate minimurals on them.
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It's a church. It's a...
The four minarets built over the next century are the most obvious sign of this era, serving as architectural supports in addition to their religious purpose. But there are many others. Ornate candle holders relate Suleiman's conquest of Hungary, while giant caligraphy discs hung from the ceiling
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Celebrating Mardi Gras...
you'll find pastries like this all over the country and all over the world that they're only served for a certain season during the year in another part of town sally hedrick and her son are making 150 or more ornate costumes these are for the social organizations throwing the lavish balls
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The Ancient Orchestra PIPE...
archaeological finds of the last century what's so significant about it it's kind of like king tut in that it is a tomb of somebody that nobody had ever heard of before but obviously he was an important person because he was buried in this large ornate tomb it was set out like a palace
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Venomous Lionfish PIPE...
doing very very well you see this island right up here just sitting on the ledge they're everywhere it's not believable these ornate fish are one of the oceans most poisonous creatures they have spines on their fins
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The myth of Pandora’s...
which settled in her spirit and sent her eagerly out into the world. The second was a heavy box, ornately curved, heavy to hold – and screwed tightly shut. But the contents, Zeus told her, were not for mortal eyes.
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Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
little a little well I think it's a common rough scale visit or ornate rough scales are hard to tell it's never had but he had that sort of characteristic scaling on the back wonder if any of you
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
to the red pigment, minium. Another important visual device used to increase the prominence of certain portions of text was to set them off with large, ornate, and colorful capital letters,
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How the Mojave Desert...
It's what's brought me here. To this cracked, eroded landscape. Like Mars, it's dry, barren, and incredibly ornate. The carved canyons, long shadows, deep craters,
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The Costumes PIPE Killing...
Hessian so it's to historically accurate as well it's very kind of its it this Judas is one I should probably got best feel of the Apostles it's very ornate and would suggest that he's slightly you know slightly more well-off than the others attention to details amazing and costume guys have an amazing job as soon as you put the costume on and you said
Video examples
Confessions of a...
We hired these great, wonderful people, let's give them the mission that's 'delight the customer,' let's give them the tool to do so, and that's these notes -- have at it." And so what we found was actually pretty startling. Some folks actually took the notes and actually started drawing these really ornate minimurals on them.
Video examples
It's a church. It's a...
The four minarets built over the next century are the most obvious sign of this era, serving as architectural supports in addition to their religious purpose. But there are many others. Ornate candle holders relate Suleiman's conquest of Hungary, while giant caligraphy discs hung from the ceiling
Video examples
Celebrating Mardi Gras...
you'll find pastries like this all over the country and all over the world that they're only served for a certain season during the year in another part of town sally hedrick and her son are making 150 or more ornate costumes these are for the social organizations throwing the lavish balls
Video examples
The Ancient Orchestra PIPE...
archaeological finds of the last century what's so significant about it it's kind of like king tut in that it is a tomb of somebody that nobody had ever heard of before but obviously he was an important person because he was buried in this large ornate tomb it was set out like a palace
Video examples
Venomous Lionfish PIPE...
doing very very well you see this island right up here just sitting on the ledge they're everywhere it's not believable these ornate fish are one of the oceans most poisonous creatures they have spines on their fins
Video examples
The myth of Pandora’s...
which settled in her spirit and sent her eagerly out into the world. The second was a heavy box, ornately curved, heavy to hold – and screwed tightly shut. But the contents, Zeus told her, were not for mortal eyes.
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Safari Live - Day 170 PIPE...
little a little well I think it's a common rough scale visit or ornate rough scales are hard to tell it's never had but he had that sort of characteristic scaling on the back wonder if any of you
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Mysteries of vernacular:...
to the red pigment, minium. Another important visual device used to increase the prominence of certain portions of text was to set them off with large, ornate, and colorful capital letters,
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How the Mojave Desert...
It's what's brought me here. To this cracked, eroded landscape. Like Mars, it's dry, barren, and incredibly ornate. The carved canyons, long shadows, deep craters,
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Brie Larson
American Actress
I'm really not interested in acting as a facade, I'm interested in it as an emotional expression and as a transcendent experience for an individual. I find that a lot of people, a lot of young actors, haven't gotten to the point where they're comfortable being stripped down. They're still interested in ornate jackets.
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Marc Randolph
American Businessman
The biggest problem I see with early-stage entrepreneurs is they get the idea in their head, and they leave it in their head. And they begin embellishing it in their head, making it more ornate. They add on the second story to their dream house - then add the tennis court and the turrets and the gargoyles.
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Kathryn Lasky
American Author
I hate to tell you this, but I did not even like visiting Versailles. I found it just too ornate. It was like a complete diet of cotton candy, marzipan, and whipped cream. It gave me the mental equivalent of one of those toothaches you get when you bite into something too sweet.
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Jane Goldman
English Writer
It's really weird because my house is very ornate, but my writing lair is very, very blank. It's white, the furniture is white. It gives me nothing to look at, so I just have to concentrate!
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Nana Patekar
Indian Actor
When you refer to terra entities, you ornately say Mother Nature and Mother Earth. How much honour and care do all of us accord to any of the three - including our real life mother?
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St. Vincent
American Musician
I wrote 'Actor' all on the computer. I didn't touch any instruments until I was in the studio. So while I had all these ornate arrangements, I didn't have any songs.
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Eva Mendes
American Actress
I don't like my men to be too ornate. I like them to stand back and let their women shine, and they should really wear the pants in the relationship.
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Britt Ekland
Swedish Actress
I used to collect vintage clothing - exquisite lace dresses, embroidered shawls and ornate jewelry - but that's just not me any more.
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Frida Giannini
Italian Designer
Venice never quite seems real, but rather an ornate film set suspended on the water.
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Christian Nestell Bovee
American Author
Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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Brie Larson
American Actress
I'm really not interested in acting as a facade, I'm interested in it as an emotional expression and as a transcendent experience for an individual. I find that a lot of people, a lot of young actors, haven't gotten to the point where they're comfortable being stripped down. They're still interested in ornate jackets.
Quote examples
Marc Randolph
American Businessman
The biggest problem I see with early-stage entrepreneurs is they get the idea in their head, and they leave it in their head. And they begin embellishing it in their head, making it more ornate. They add on the second story to their dream house - then add the tennis court and the turrets and the gargoyles.
Quote examples
Kathryn Lasky
American Author
I hate to tell you this, but I did not even like visiting Versailles. I found it just too ornate. It was like a complete diet of cotton candy, marzipan, and whipped cream. It gave me the mental equivalent of one of those toothaches you get when you bite into something too sweet.
Quote examples
Jane Goldman
English Writer
It's really weird because my house is very ornate, but my writing lair is very, very blank. It's white, the furniture is white. It gives me nothing to look at, so I just have to concentrate!
Quote examples
Nana Patekar
Indian Actor
When you refer to terra entities, you ornately say Mother Nature and Mother Earth. How much honour and care do all of us accord to any of the three - including our real life mother?
Quote examples
St. Vincent
American Musician
I wrote 'Actor' all on the computer. I didn't touch any instruments until I was in the studio. So while I had all these ornate arrangements, I didn't have any songs.
Quote examples
Eva Mendes
American Actress
I don't like my men to be too ornate. I like them to stand back and let their women shine, and they should really wear the pants in the relationship.
Quote examples
Britt Ekland
Swedish Actress
I used to collect vintage clothing - exquisite lace dresses, embroidered shawls and ornate jewelry - but that's just not me any more.
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Frida Giannini
Italian Designer
Venice never quite seems real, but rather an ornate film set suspended on the water.
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Christian Nestell Bovee
American Author
Partial culture runs to the ornate, extreme culture to simplicity.
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