Skip to content

Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

Read full poem →
Back To Dictionary

Dictionary Entry

adorned

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/əˈdɔːnd/Used In Literature ↓

To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

In a Sentence

a character adorned with every Christian grace

Origin

Origin details are still being enriched for this entry.

Common Phrases

. adornedadorned richly
Missing dictionary details are being fetched in the background.

Poetry examples for adorned

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

thousand others, who never knew what it was to have a soul during the

latter part of their lives; yet, sir, these men adorned society. Why

isn’t there A——, now, who you know as well as I? Is

Read full poem →

a divine gift and heavenly instinct not to be gotten by labour and

learning, but adorned with both; and poured into the wit by a certain

Enthousiasmos and celestial inspiration, as the Author hereof elsewhere

Read full poem →