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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.
Meanings
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Plain, unadorned, or simple.
Thus passed the last of the North Wales Narrow Gauge locomotives, and one of the few American-built locomotives to survive in Great Britain; the sadly cropped though once elegant Russell, and the unembellished yet useful Yankee plug-ugly.
1941 October, C. Hamilton Ellis, Charles E. Lee, “The Welsh Highland Railway—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 435:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unembellished | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unembellished | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
gussied up · pretentious · schlocky · kitsch · tinselly · trinkety · glaring · kitschy · florid · loud · hideous · blingish · brash · raffish · complicated · gay · decorate · chichi · adorned · flaunting · meretricious · chintzy · pimped out · showy · tasteless · crass · gross · corny · snazzy · ritzy · froufrou · tacky · whorish · obtrusive · catchpenny · untasteful · naff · crude · unbecoming · blatant · flashy · campy · vain · tawdry · too much · flossy · garish · zesty · gaudy · ostentatious · bedizened · splendiferous · pizazzy · gauche
Synonyms
severe · unembellished · quiet · modest · spartan · inornate · plain · unornamented · undecorated · unextravagant · modest · simple · austere · undecked · unadorned · unvarnished · austere · chaste · bare · unadorned · ungarnished · bare · untrimmed