unadorned

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌʌnəˈdɔːrnd/ UK /ˌʌnəˈdɔːnd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
plain; not decorated or embellished

She preferred an unadorned room with bare white walls.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · plain; not decorated or... plain bareunembellishedsimple undecorated austere

Opposites

adorned decorated ornateembellished

Word family

Related forms adorn adornment adorned

Etymology

From un- ('not') + adorned, past participle of adorn, from Old French aorner, from Latin adornare ('to equip, embellish'), from ad- ('to') + ornare ('to furnish, decorate').

un- Old English adornare Latin ornare Latin

View etymology graph ->

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

External links

# unadorned

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌʌnəˈdɔːrnd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌʌnəˈdɔːnd/

## Meanings
1. plain; not decorated or embellished

## Examples
- She preferred an unadorned room with bare white walls.

## Synonyms
- plain
- bare
- unembellished
- simple
- undecorated
- austere

## Antonyms
- adorned
- decorated
- ornate
- embellished

## Related Forms
- adorn
- adornment
- adorned

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: adornare
- Root: ornare

## Etymology
From un- ('not') + adorned, past participle of adorn, from Old French aorner, from Latin adornare ('to equip, embellish'), from ad- ('to') + ornare ('to furnish, decorate').

## AI Etymology
Unadorned comes from un- ('not') + adorned, past participle of adorn, from Old French aorner, from Latin adornare ('to equip, embellish'), from ad- ('to') + ornare ('to furnish, decorate'). The historical trail runs through Old English un-, Latin adornare and Latin ornare. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means plain; not decorated or embellished. Related forms include adorn, adornment, adorned.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

markdown