ungarnished
ungarnished adjective: not garnished. Also the simple past and past participle of ungarnish.
Adjective
ungarnished (comparative more ungarnished, superlative most ungarnished)
- Not garnished.
- I slipped through one of these cracks, went up a swept and ungarnished staircase, as arid as a desert, and opened the first door I came to.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 199
- Synonyms:
- unembellished, unornamented, austere, bare, chaste, inornate, modest, plain, quiet, severe
Also used as
ungarnished is also the simple past and past participle of ungarnish.
Synonyms of ungarnished
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Forms of ungarnished
| comparative | more ungarnished |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ungarnished |
Origin of ungarnished
From un- + garnished.
From ungarnish + -ed.
Questions about ungarnished
- What does ungarnished mean?
- Ungarnished means not garnished.
- What part of speech is ungarnished?
- Ungarnished is an adjective.
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