arrayed 1 of 2

adjective

as in dressed

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arrayed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of array
1
as in adorned
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming a door arrayed for the holidays with a beautiful evergreen wreath

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2
as in clothed
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes arrayed in a wedding dress that has been handed down in the family for generations

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3
as in arranged
to put into a particular arrangement arrayed his baseball cards in order of their rarity and consequent monetary value

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Recent Examples of arrayed
Verb
The new village structures, arrayed in an arc facing the water, feel comfortable and modern, and the architecture and design is heavily influenced by the islands. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026 Check your portfolio’s Morningstar Style Box exposure in X-ray to see how your equity holdings are arrayed across the size/style grid. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 Additional robots were arrayed behind him in the ominous photo. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026 Political scientists such as William Wohlforth and Victoria Tin-bor Hui have found that throughout history, dominant states sought to actively split the coalitions arrayed against them before those coalitions could cohere. — Kurt M. Campbell, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 American forces are arrayed across the Middle East, making other nations targets of Iran as the fighting has escalated after a breakdown in peace talks. — Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026 The three machines arrayed before me are designed to capture every inch of a performer’s body—their facial expressions, their physical movements, the grain of their voice—and use this data to create an AI likeness. — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026 The forces arrayed against keeping a WNBA team in Connecticut, or anywhere in New England, proved to be too strong. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026 The two mothers stood together, eight small caskets arrayed in a semicircle before them. — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 9 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arrayed
  1. dressed
  2. adorned
  3. clothed
  4. arranged
  5. decked
  6. decorated
  7. attired
  8. classified
Adjective
  • The Butcher, The Baker, The Cappuccino Maker is the kind of bistro that perfectly captures the casual LA vibe while Cavatina is a more dressed up affair and perfect for date night.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Between her personal chaos and that within the group, things got so bad that even getting dressed couldn’t improve her mood.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of dressed
Verb
  • French doors adorned with Asian motifs lead to marble bathrooms outfitted with walk-in rain showers, jetted tubs, and TVs embedded in the mirrors.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Flowering Branches For Madison Childs Boniface and Jordan Lee’s January 2026 wedding at a historic theater in Paris, the tables were adorned with flowering branch centerpieces—the perfect nod to the winter season.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of adorned
Verb
  • The film is a satire about an impending climate change apocalypse that’s triggered by the drilling operations of oil tycoon Digger Rockwell, played by Cruise, who looks nearly unrecognizable clad in prosthetics and graying hair.
    — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Much like Olivia Colman for Miu Miu’s spring 2027 show, Lyonne embodied the brand’s spirit, clad in the designer’s pieces from head to heel.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of clothed
Verb
  • My interview with Altman had been arranged weeks earlier, just as the first revelations emerged about swarms of rogue AI agents conspiring to hack websites.
    — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • In Saved, Hall wrote that those soldiers had been arranged by a Ukrainian army press liaison at Kuvshynova's request.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of arranged
Adjective
  • The Kansas City brewery is calling it the Boulevard Yard, meant to feel like a decked out backyard.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
  • Ben Stiller, Spike Lee, Nas and Tracy Morgan are all decked out in their Knicks best for Game Four of the NBA Finals on June 10 in New York City.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Definition of decked
Verb
  • The hotel's 18 rooms and five suites are all individually decorated with gloriously over-the-top touches in the form of antiques, sumptuous velvet duvet covers, and regal tones of red and gold that harken back to the property's royal history.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The actress’ clear beds were bedazzled and decorated with watermarks that stretched across her cuticles and up to her tips, which were filed round and kept long.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of decorated
Verb
  • At the age of 93 in 2018, Saint, who had been so memorably attired in her classic films, appeared at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony to present the Oscar for Best Costume Design (Phantom Thread won).
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Always elegantly attired, always thirsty, never drunk.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
Definition of attired
Verb
  • Treasurer Erick Russell has also pushed changes designed to prevent active bank accounts from being wrongly classified as abandoned.
    — Mark Lewyn, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The Jackson County Medical Examiner’s Office reviewed the man’s death and classified it as a homicide, Becchina said.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of classified

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“Arrayed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arrayed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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