Synonyms for unadorned


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uh-dawrn
Phonetic Transcription : əˈdɔrn


Définition of unadorned

Origin :
  • 1630s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of adorn.
  • adj plain, simple
Example sentences :
  • They seemed now to be as simple and fresh and natural as the unadorned frocks they wore.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • I should like to give the House an unadorned narrative of the incident.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 25, 1893 » by Various
  • Unadorned statements of fact, or what is meant to be taken as fact, do not satisfy them.
  • Extract from : « General John Regan » by George A. Birmingham
  • The objects of interest are the models pegged to the unadorned walls.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462 » by Various
  • The walls were a flat metallic gray, unadorned and windowless.
  • Extract from : « The Highest Treason » by Randall Garrett
  • I prefer the unadorned garb of the civilian—and independence.
  • Extract from : « In Her Own Right » by John Reed Scott
  • No encroaching politeness in the act, but kindness, unadorned.
  • Extract from : « The Confidence-Man » by Herman Melville
  • His face, like most of the others, was smooth, unadorned by beard or mustache.
  • Extract from : « The Orchard Secret » by Cleo Garis
  • Else, she was unadorned, save for a circlet of rubies which crowned the dusky head.
  • Extract from : « Under the Witches' Moon » by Nathan Gallizier
  • But he was Tasper Britt, in looks, as Britt unadorned ought to have been.
  • Extract from : « When Egypt Went Broke » by Holman Day

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