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unadorns

unadorns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unadorn.

Meaning of unadorn

Verb

unadorn (third-person singular simple present unadorns, present participle unadorning, simple past and past participle unadorned)

  1. To add a feature or embellishment that makes something uglier; uglify.
    • No ugly monument of their ancestors disfigures the church walls, no hideous brick box unadorns the country churchyard, and a plain stone, perhaps moss grown, is all the record of their fathers they can show.1891, Thomas Anderton, Letters from a Country House, page 57
  2. To remove the adornments from.
    • Yet, I have long tried to unadorn Myself for you. I would toss all the trinkets And lavalieres into a box to escape Worshiping.1997, George Plimpton, Peter Matthiessen, Donald Hall, The Paris Review, →ISBN, page 54

Questions about unadorns

What is unadorns the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unadorns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unadorn.

Words near unadorns in the dictionary

  1. unadorned
  2. unadornedly
  3. unadornedness
  4. unadorning
  5. unadornment
  6. unadorns
  7. unadroitness
  8. unadsorbed
  9. unadult
  10. unadulterable
  11. unadulterate

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