mantled
Covered like royalty
Mantled means covered or cloaked, as if with a mantle.
The word appears most often describing something that spreads over a surface: snow-mantled peaks, ivy-mantled walls.
In heraldry, mantled describes a coat of arms draped with decorative cloth.
The past tense of mantle, it suggests something enveloped or concealed: Her face mantled with a blush.
Concealed or covered
- drapedHung in loose folds
- shroudedCovered and hidden
- envelopedFully enclosed around
- wrappedCovered in material
swathed · robed · veiled · hooded · blanketed · enshrouded · overlaid · clothed
Of or befitting royalty
- statelyGrand and imposing
- nobleTitled or virtuous
- augustImpressively grand and noble
- majesticImpressively dignified and beautiful
imposing · grand · solemn · ceremonial · courtly · lordly · aristocratic · venerable
Decorated or exaggerated
- adornedMade ornamental
- decoratedMade more visually appealing
- gildedOverlaid with gold leaf
- embroideredOrnamented with sewn designs
ornamented · festooned · brocaded · trimmed · fringed · tasseled · bedecked · garnished
cloaked
Concealed or covered
wrapped · swathed · robed · veiled · hooded · blanketed · enshrouded · overlaid · clothed · gowned
regal
Of or befitting royalty
majestic · imposing · grand · solemn · ceremonial · courtly · lordly · aristocratic · venerable · robed
embellished
Decorated or exaggerated
embroidered · ornamented · festooned · brocaded · trimmed · fringed · tasseled · bedecked · garnished · elaborate
flushed
Reddened from emotion
blazoned
Displayed prominently, heraldically
- quarteredDivided into four sections
- escutcheonShield bearing heraldry
- armorialOf hereditary emblems
crested · emblazoned · shield · chevron · tabard · surcoat · livery · insignia · regalia
- pick up the mantleAssume a predecessor's role
- passed the mantleTransferred role to successor
- took up the mantleAssumed another's role
- passing the mantleTransferring leadership to another
- assumes the mantleTakes on leadership responsibility
- picked up the mantleAssumed another's role
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