embroidered

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embroidered

  • /ɪmˈbɹɔɪdɚd/ US
  • /ɪmˈbɹɔɪdəd/ UK

adjective more embroidered · most embroidered

  1. Decorated with embroidery; covered in decorative needlework. The very embroidered arras, which hangs yon pavilion, is worthy to be observed; but the artificers here, who display their curious works in our native metals, deserve high praise.
  2. Embellished; elaborate, especially when containing superfluous or fictitious details. The man of business at his desk, the mechanic in his workshop, the idler on his couch, the man of letters in his study, has but to turn for a brief interval to these Lives, and he will behold, for every period and age, the very embroidered and moving scene that he has been seeking to understand and

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of embroider

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Closest in meaning: adorned, decorated, emblem, enrollment, logo, ornamented, bedecked, garnished, embellished, bejeweled, enriched, accentuated, figured, broidered, stitched, elaborated

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adj decorated with embroidery

Españolbordado, entorchado, orlado, ribeteado, festoneado, recamado
Françaisbrodé
Deutschbestickt
Русскийвы́шитый výšityj

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@misc{embroidered_2026,
  title = {embroidered},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/embroidered},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}