Meaning & use
statued
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Meanings
adjectivenot comparableliterary
Filled or decorated with statues.
Grammar: Used before a noun or after a linking verb: a statued hall, the garden was statued.
Patterns
- a statued hall
- a statued garden
- be statued with something
They walked through the statued hall without speaking.
The old garden was statued with figures of gods and heroes.
adjectivenot comparableliteraryfigurative
Standing or sitting completely still, as if made of stone.
Grammar: Describes a person or figure; it is figurative and mostly found in literary writing.
Patterns
- stand statued
- sit statued
- remain statued
She stood statued at the window, watching the rain.
He remained statued in the doorway, unable to move.
Common combinations
- a statued figure
- A statued figure stood at the end of the bridge.
- stand statued
- The child stood statued, staring at the elephant.
- a statued square
- We crossed the statued square at noon.
Synonyms and how they differ
- statuesque
- Describes a person who is tall and graceful like a statue, not a place full of statues.
- motionless
- A plain, everyday word for not moving; 'statued' adds the image of stone and is literary.
- sculpted
- Means shaped like a sculpture, often about features or muscles, not about being still.
Opposites
Word family
- statue noun
- A carved or cast figure of a person or animal.
- statuesque adjective
- Tall and graceful, like a statue.
- statuette noun
- A very small statue.
Commonly confused: statued or statute?
statued vs statute
A law passed by a parliament; it sounds similar to 'statue' but has nothing to do with sculpture.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'statued' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Statued' means decorated with statues, so a park filled with marble heroes fits. Option B confuses it with 'statute' (a law), and option C treats it as a verb meaning to carve.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “statued”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.