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Synonyms for inornate

  • adjective

Most common

spartan austere chaste unembellished unornamented

All synonyms

Adjective

severe, spartan, austere, chaste, unembellished, unornamented, unadorned, unvarnished

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Not ornate.

Example sentences

  • spartan Dr Shinde is known for living a very spartan lifestyle.
  • austere The Wadden Sea is a landscape of austere beauty.
  • chaste "I'm not an incel," Tom insisted. "I'm chaste."
  • unembellished The lie sounds good, but I'd like to listen to the unembellished truth.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
inornatefalling
spartanrising
austeresteady
chasterising
unembellishedrising
unornamentedfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
severe2, chaste1
7 letters
spartan2, austere2
9 letters
unadorned3
11 letters
unvarnished3
12 letters
unornamented
13 letters
unembellished

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (severe2 = 2 syllables).