OVEREMBELLISHMENTS Antonyms

• an art movement in sculpture and painting that began in the 1950s and emphasized extreme simplification of form and color

• quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes

• a change for the better

• the trait of avoiding excesses

• the action of lessening in severity or intensity

• the state of being unmixed with other material

• clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous

• the appearance of being plain and unpretentious

• an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful

• the act of controlling by restraining someone or something

• discipline in personal and social activities

• the state of being physically constrained

• a rule or condition that limits freedom

• lack of ornamentation

• a device that retards something's motion

• the quality of being simple or uncompounded

• a lack of penetration or subtlety

• absence of affectation or pretense

• freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort

• lack of ornamentation

• the quality of being complete or utter or extreme

• an extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation

• free from ambiguity

• without evasion or compromise

• without concealment or deception; honest

• pointed directly ahead

• not decorated with something to increase its beauty or distinction

• a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said