# crowned

Pronunciation: say "KROWND" /kɹaʊnd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of crown. — simple past and past participle of crown
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of crown. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The judges crowned a new champion at the close of the tournament._
   - _She has crowned dozens of winners over her long career as pageant director._

## Adjective

2. Wearing a crown, as a monarch or other royal figure does.
   - Simple: Wearing a crown on the head, the way a king or queen does.
   - _The crowned empress entered the great hall to a wave of applause._
   - _A crowned saint appears at the center of the stained-glass window._
3. Having the crown (the top part of the head) of a specified type, often noted when describing birds.
   - Simple: Having a top of the head of a certain type or color, as some birds do.
   - _The kinglet is crowned with a vivid crest that flares when the bird is alarmed._
   - _Several finches in the region are crowned with streaks of crimson._

## Adjective

4. Supreme or greatest; utterly complete; carried to excess. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Greatest of its kind, or total and extreme.
   - _The merchant cursed his crowned folly in lending to a stranger._
   - _Such waste he deemed a crowned excess unworthy of an honest house._

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