" ornateness "

1: as in plushiness, luxuriousness;

•  Synonyms : 

•  augustness,

•  brilliance,

•  gloriousness,

•  glory,

•  grandeur,

•  grandness,

•  lavishness,

•  luxuriance,

•  luxuriousness,

•  luxury,

•  magnificence,

•  nobility,

•  nobleness,

•  opulence,

•  plushiness,

•  plushness,

•  resplendence,

•  resplendency,

•  richness,

•  splendor,

•  sumptuousness,

•  class,

•  classiness,

•  courtliness,

•  elegance,

•  elegancy,

•  fineness,

•  grace,

•  gracefulness,

•  handsomeness,

•  majesty,

•  refinement,

•  stateliness,

•  artfulness,

•  chic,

•  polish,

•  sophistication,

•  taste,

•  tastefulness,

•  choiceness,

•  classicism,

•  dignity,

•  exquisiteness,

•  restraint,

•  simplicity,

•  affectedness,

•  grandiosity,

•  ostentation,

•  ostentatiousness,

•  pretentiousness,

•  showiness

•  Antonyms : 

•  gracelessness,

•  inelegance,

•  coarseness,

•  crudeness,

•  flamboyance,

•  flashiness,

•  garishness,

•  gaudiness,

•  glitz,

•  grotesqueness,

•  grotesquerie,

•  kitsch,

•  tastelessness,

•  tawdriness,

•  vulgarity

1: elaborately and often excessively decorated;

  * e.g., " ... an ornate gambling casino that is designed to look like an Italian palace "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bedizened,

•  florid,

•  fussy,

•  gingerbread,

•  gingerbreaded,

•  gingerbready,

•  overdecorated,

•  overwrought

•  Antonyms : 

•  austere,

•  plain,

•  severe,

•  stark,

•  unadorned

2: full of fine words and fancy expressions;

  * e.g., " ... the ornate prose that was standard in all diplomatic correspondence in those days "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aureate,

•  florid,

•  flowery,

•  grandiloquent,

•  high-flown,

•  high-sounding,

•  highfalutin,

•  magnific,

•  purple,

•  rhetorical

•  Antonyms : 

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