BEDIZENED Synonyms: 146 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus

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adjective

as in ornate

elaborately and often excessively decorated a bedizened dress that looked more like a Christmas tree than an article of clothing

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bedizened

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verb

past tense of bedizen

as in adorned

to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming an elderly actress bedizening herself with makeup and jewelry

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Adjective

As for finishing touches, Saldaña wore a pair of Aquazzura white pointed toe pumps with ornate cutouts.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
Overly grand staircases and ornate rail details are both considered outdated by designers.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 30 July 2026

Definition of ornate

Verb

It was set into an oval ring face adorned with blue enamel, diamonds and pearls.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026
Given his exploits for Spain in North America this summer, there’s an argument for him to once again be adorned with the accolade for being the sport’s best male player.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of adorned

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Among them was Marjorie Estimé, who wore a Haitian flag draped around her neck.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
European clients ordered the domestic panorama in custom sizes for the parlor and hung twenty-two arrangeable panels of distant islands and homogenized races draped in foliage and Neoclassical dress—the first garden, before knowing arrived.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of draped

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Their lives were recorded in the form of hagiographies, stories of the saints, often ornamented with folkloric motifs, focusing on marvelous adventures and miraculous doings.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Its midnight-blue glass was by Waltersperger, and it comes ornamented with a sculpture of two inseparable birds by Desrues.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 26 May 2026

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