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present participle of bedeck
Synonyms & Antonyms of bedecking
1
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
- bedecked the house with hundreds of miniature lights for the party
Synonyms for bedecking
- adorning,
- arraying,
- beautifying,
- bedizening,
- blazoning,
- caparisoning,
- decking,
- decorating,
- doing,
- doing up,
- dolling up,
- draping,
- dressing,
- embellishing,
- emblazing,
- embossing,
- enriching,
- fancifying,
- fancying up,
- festooning,
- garnishing,
- glitzing (up),
- gracing,
- gussying up,
- ornamenting,
- prettying (up),
- trimming
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Antonyms for bedecking
2
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
- the ladies arrived bedecked in furs
Synonyms for bedecking
Words Related to bedecking
- accoutring
- (or accoutering),
- bedighting
- [archaic],
- equipping,
- furnishing,
- habilitating,
- outfitting,
- tailoring,
- uniforming
Near Antonyms for bedecking
Antonyms for bedecking
- disarraying,
- disrobing,
- stripping,
- unclothing,
- undressing,
- untrussing
- [archaic]
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