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adj. marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton

embellished, ornamented, ornate

adj. rich in decorative detail

fancy

adj. not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"

embellished, ornamented, ornate

adj. rich in decorative detail

baroque, Baroque

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750

busy, fussy

adj. overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"

messy, mussy

adj. dirty and disorderly; "a mussy fussy bedroom"; "a child's messy eating habits"

crowded

adj. overfilled or compacted or concentrated; "a crowded theater"; "a crowded program"; "crowded trains"; "a young mother's crowded days"

elaborate, luxuriant

adj. marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"

complex

adj. complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"

complicated

adj. difficult to analyze or understand; "a complicated problem"; "complicated Middle East politics"

elegant

adj. refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"

flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained

adj. richly and brilliantly colorful

dashing, gallant

adj. lively and spirited; "a dashing hero"

sporty

adj. appropriate for sport or engagement in a sport

aureate, florid, flamboyant

adj. elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"

rococo

adj. having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; "an exquisite gilded rococo mirror"

fancy

adj. not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"

flowery, ornate

adj. marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato"-John Milton

baroque, Baroque

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of the elaborately ornamented style of architecture, art, and music popular in Europe between 1600 and 1750

busy, fussy

adj. overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"

messy, mussy

adj. dirty and disorderly; "a mussy fussy bedroom"; "a child's messy eating habits"

crowded

adj. overfilled or compacted or concentrated; "a crowded theater"; "a crowded program"; "crowded trains"; "a young mother's crowded days"

elaborate, luxuriant

adj. marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"

complex

adj. complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"

complicated

adj. difficult to analyze or understand; "a complicated problem"; "complicated Middle East politics"

aureate, florid, flamboyant

adj. elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"

rococo

adj. having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; "an exquisite gilded rococo mirror"

anapestic, anapaestic

adj. (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one

bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid

adj. ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"

forensic

adj. used or applied in the investigation and establishment of facts or evidence in a court of law; "forensic photograph"; "forensic ballistics"

grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall

adj. lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"

oratorical

adj. characteristic of an orator or oratory; "oratorical prose"; "harangued his men in an oratorical way"- Robert Graves

poetic, poetical

adj. characteristic of or befitting poetry; "poetic diction"

stylistic

adj. of or relating to style (especially in the use of language); "stylistic devices"

beady, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly

adj. covered with beads or jewels or sequins

bedaubed

adj. ornamented in a vulgar or showy fashion

bespectacled, monocled, spectacled

adj. wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass; "a bespectacled grandmother"; "the monocled gentleman"

braided

adj. woven by (or as if by) braiding; "braided cordage"

brocaded, embossed, raised

adj. embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery; "brocaded silk"; "an embossed satin"; "embossed leather"; "raised needlework"; "raised metalwork"

buttony

adj. ornamented with many buttons

carbuncled

adj. set with carbuncles

champleve, cloisonne

adj. (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled with colored enamel and fired

clinquant, tinseled, tinselly

adj. glittering with gold or silver

crested, plumed

adj. (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume

crested, topknotted, tufted

adj. (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination; "golden crested"; "crested iris"; "crested oriole"; "tufted duck"; "tufted loosestrife"

crested

adj. bearing an heraldic device

embroidered

adj. adorned with embroidery

encircled, ringed, wreathed

adj. adorned or crowned with a circlet; sometimes used as combining forms; "a brow encircled with laurel"; "wreathed in an extraordinary luminescence"; "ringed round with daisies"; "smoke-wreathed"

gussied, fancied up, tricked out, gussied up

adj. with superficial adornments added; "all gussied up in sequins and feathers"

feathery, feathered, plumy

adj. adorned with feathers or plumes

rippled, ruffled

adj. shaken into waves or undulations as by wind; "the rippled surface of the pond"; "with ruffled flags flying"

fringed, laciniate

adj. having edges irregularly and finely slashed; "a laciniate leaf"

gilt-edged

adj. having gilded edges as the pages of a book

inflamed

adj. adorned with tongues of flame

inlaid

adj. adorned by inlays

inwrought

adj. having a decorative pattern worked or woven in; "an inwrought design"

laced

adj. trimmed or decorated with lace

tessellated

adj. decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fitted together in a mosaic; "a tessellated pavement"

paneled, wainscoted

adj. fitted or decorated with panels or wainscoting

studded

adj. dotted or adorned with or as with studs or nailheads; usually used in combination; "star-studded heavens"; "diamond-studded belt"

tapestried

adj. hung or decorated with tapestry

tasseled, tasselled

adj. fringed or adorned with tassels

tricked-out

adj. decorated in a particular way; "tricked-out cupboards looking like Georgian cabinets"

tufted

adj. having or adorned with tufts; "a tufted bedspread"

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