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adj. rich in decorative detail

purple, empurpled, flowery, over-embellished

adj. excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"

fancy

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

purple, empurpled, ornate, flowery, over-embellished

adj. excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"

baroque, churrigueresque, churrigueresco

adj. having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells

busy, fussy

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

untidy, cluttered, littered, messy, mussy

adj. (disorderly)

crowded

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

elaborate, intricate

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"

flamboyant, aureate, showy, florid

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"

embellished, ornamented, ornate

adj. rich in decorative detail

baroque, churrigueresque, churrigueresco

adj. having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells

busy, fussy

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

untidy, cluttered, littered, messy, mussy

adj. (disorderly)

crowded

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

elaborate, intricate

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

gallant, dashing

adj. lively and spirited; "a dashing hero"

gaudy, flashy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty

adj. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display

flamboyant, aureate, showy, florid

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

rococo

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

beaded, beady, bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, 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. adorned with braid; "his braided collar"

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

cloisonne, champleve, enameled, champlevé, enamelled

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

clinquant, tinseled, tinselly, tinselled

adj. glittering with gold or silver

crested, plumed

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

crested, top-knotted, 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

frilled, frilly, ruffled

adj. having decorative ruffles or frills

fringed

adj. having a decorative edging of hanging cords or strips

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

mosaic, tessellated

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

paneled, wainscoted, panelled

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"

anapestic, anapaestic

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

large, orotund, bombastic, declamatory, turgid

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

forensic

adj. of, relating to, or used in courts of law or public debate or argument

tall, grandiloquent, magniloquent

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"

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