adj. Function: adjective
elaborately and often pretentiously decorated or designed FF1C; a very ornate room--all marble, gilt, and brocade FF1E;
Synonyms: baroque, flamboyant, florid, luscious, rich, rococo
Related Words: elaborate, high-wrought, resplendent; labored, overdone, overelaborated, overembellished, overworked, overwrought; luxuriant, luxurious, opulent, sumptuous; aureate, gilded
Contrasted Words: natural, plain, quiet, simple; severe, unembellished, unornamented, unostentatious, unpretentious; restrained, subdued
Antonyms: austere; chaste