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

Church representatives hosted several open houses for the public to see the new temple’s ornate rooms.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
The star of the excavation was an ornate Roman mosaic made of thousands of tiny stone cubes arranged in a floral pattern.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of ornate

Verb

Tassel accents make a great outfit anchor; what once adorned the home brings elegance and opulence to your wardrobe.

— Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2026
On the seventh floor of a building in the Fashion District, Bryan Hearns shows me to his studio, where containers brim with colorful rhinestones, walls are adorned with zippers, chains and pliers, and rainbow fabrics and leathers pile on the floor.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 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

Definition of ornamented

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