garnered

American  

[gahr-nerd] / ˈgɑr nərd /

adjective

1. gathered, deposited, or stored in or as if in a granary or other storage place.

   L. E. Landon once observed, "We love music for the buried hopes, the garnered memories, and the tender feelings it can summon."

2. acquired or earned.

   With a recently garnered award, this popular fragrance has become the year’s best-selling cologne.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of garner.

Other Word Forms

• ungarnered adjective

Etymology

Origin of garnered

garner ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Two Lutheran preachers garnered outraged complaints from male parishioners in a 19th-century German city.

From The Wall Street Journal

Two Lutheran preachers garnered outraged complaints from male parishioners in a 19th-century German city.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Undivided Nepali, this time history is being made," he rapped in a track that garnered more than two million views within hours of its release.

From BBC

As the patriarch of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” Jim Bob Duggar became synonymous with a conservative Christian lifestyle when the show aired in 2008; it garnered high ratings and ran for 10 seasons.

From Los Angeles Times

No one solution garnered agreement throughout the committee.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• accumulated
• collected
• concentrated
• huddled
• massed
• reunited