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attired

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)d
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 T AY1 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Clothed, dressed, wearing clothing, often of a specified type.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Said of the horns of an animal when they are of a different tincture to its head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of attire

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the elegantly attired gentleman
  • neatly dressed workers
  • monks garbed in hooded robes
  • went about oddly garmented
  • professors robed in crimson
  • tuxedo-attired gentlemen
  • crimson-robed Harvard professors

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: appareled, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: odziany — heraldry: said of the horns of an animal when they are of a different tincture to its head
  • Scottish Gaelic: adharcach — heraldry: said of the horns of an animal when they are of a different tincture to its head