Synonyms of adorning

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adjective

as in decorative

serving to add beauty

adorning garlands of greenery can be seen all over the mansion at Christmastime

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decorative
• ornamental
• beautiful
• cosmetic
• lovely
• beautifying
• embellishing
• gorgeous
• charming
• appealing
• attractive
• ornate
• delightful
• pleasing
• alluring
• fancy
• stunning
• handsome
• glamorous
• elaborate
• detailed
• prepossessing
• pretty
• comely
• beauteous
• bonny
• fair

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• functional
• utilitarian

adorning

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verb

present participle of adorn

as in decorating

to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming

the Sultan's tent was richly adorned with thick tapestries and gleaming gold candlesticks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decorating
• draping
• ornamenting
• gracing
• festooning
• beautifying
• trimming
• bedecking
• embellishing
• dressing
• enriching
• garnishing
• painting
• decking
• blazoning
• arraying
• embossing
• gussying up
• doing
• doing up
• prettying (up)
• dolling up
• fancifying
• emblazing
• bedizening
• caparisoning
• embroidering
• accessorizing
• fancying up
• brightening
• trapping
• hanging
• glitzing (up)
• garlanding
• smartening
• freshening
• chasing
• tricking (out)
• braiding
• ribboning
• wreathing
• swagging
• flouncing
• frilling
• sprucing (up)
• fringing
• bossing
• dressing up
• figuring
• gilding
• appliquéing
• filleting
• jeweling
• redoing
• redecorating
• feathering
• lacing
• filigreeing
• pearling
• gemming
• diamonding
• furbelowing
• impearling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defacing
• marring
• disfiguring
• displaying
• spoiling
• simplifying
• revealing
• streamlining
• scarring
• exposing
• stripping
• dismantling
• baring
• uncovering
• blemishing
• denuding
• divesting
• uglifying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of adorning

Verb

Additional details include facade perforations adorning the upper pavilion edges and walls, maintaining a feeling of openness between the courtyard spaces and the adjacent streets. — News Desk, Artforum, 22 Oct. 2026

Tourism picks up Whether arriving from within Chile or overseas, tourists are venturing into the remote, inhospitable areas of the Atacama to admire the millions of flowers adorning vast areas of the desert, stretching from the coast to the horizon. — Nayara Batschke, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Growing up thousands of miles away from the Hollywood sign in Bratislava, Slovakia, ADÉLA spent her childhood studying American pop stars and had posters of Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande and Britney Spears adorning her bedroom walls. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026

Why do the slow-rising curtains in Digger’s bedroom resemble the ruffled drapes adorning a theatrical stage? — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Some of Haring's work was underground, adorning the walls of the subway. — Jane Pauley, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026

Leo won't get a glimpse of the mosaics by an ex-Jesuit artist accused of abusing women adorning the façade of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

This means the aurora might be worth staying awake for, especially with a crescent moon adorning the night sky. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

But the very act of putting on a wearable—of willingly adorning oneself with a tiny computerized narc—is an act of surrender. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026