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unembellished

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Plain, unadorned, or simple.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: austere, bare, modest, undecorated, unadorned, chaste, inornate, plain, quiet, severe, simple, spartan, unembellished, unextravagant, unornamented, undecked, ungarnished, untrimmed, unvarnished

Antonyms: adorned, decorate, complicated, bedizened, blatant, blingish, brash, campy, catchpenny, chichi, chintzy, corny, crass, crude, flashy, flaunting, florid, flossy, froufrou, garish, gauche, gaudy, gay, glaring, gross, gussied up, hideous, kitsch, kitschy, loud, meretricious, naff, obtrusive, ostentatious, pizazzy, pretentious, ritzy, raffish, schlocky, showy, snazzy, splendiferous, tacky, tasteless, tawdry, tinselly, too much, trinkety, unbecoming, untasteful, vain, whorish, zesty

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adjective satellite

Meaning 2

lacking embellishment or ornamentation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a plain hair style
  • unembellished white walls
  • functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: plain, bare, spare, unornamented

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English embellished English unembellished From un- + embellished.

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