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bedizened

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verb

past tense of bedizen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedizened
Adjective
  • Children play among headstones, and locals see ornate mausoleums daily on their way to run errands; the graveyards woven into public life as parks and libraries are in other cities.
    Ryan Macasero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Pfister Hotel — Wisconsin Built in 1893, Milwaukee’s Pfister Hotel has long been linked to flickering lights, strange noises and shadowy figures said to haunt its ornate halls.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • North's friend played the role of Usher, rocking an all-white outfit adorned with a single white glove — just like the musician wore — and lip-syncing into a microphone.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The water-resistant design features a grinning bird in a pilgrim hat perched atop a giant pumpkin adorned with a festive greeting.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The space has been decorated with powder pink rugs; stonewashed walls and mustard couches.
    Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The spooky lights are setting the mood inside and out, the doorway is decorated with pumpkins, skeletons and spiderwebs, the playlist is ready for the monsters to mash and the food table is topped with some grossly realistic-looking grub.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Givenchy also created a replica of the five-strand pearl necklace that draped across Hepburn’s collarbone.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Jw Pei Hana Tote Bag Made from a luxe-looking faux suede fabric, this medium-sized purse can be worn as a shoulder bag or draped over your wrist as a small tote bag.
    Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Overblown, ostentatious hybrids of classical and local styles, kitschily ornamented with classical detail, all on a scale meant to be overwhelming rather than inviting—that’s what Big Brother’s city hall always looks like.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But certainly for most of the history, people looked to alligators or crocodiles to imagine what dinosaurs were like, and that’s drab and greenish and not ornamented.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Bedizened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedizened. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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