BLAZONED Synonyms: 152 Similar and Opposite Words

blazoned

verb

past tense of blazon

as in published

to make known openly or publicly their very public canoodling has pretty much blazoned the fact that they are having an affair

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as in adorned

to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming the city's waterfront has been blazoned with banners celebrating the festival of tall ships

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The novel, which was never completed, was published in Russia in 1999, and will come out in English for the first time later this year.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026
The paper, published in the journal Advanced Science, reports a peak power density of about 47 mW/m² and stable electrical output over more than 30,000 operating cycles.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of published

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Post-ballet, Sorbara will walk ten blocks south of Lincoln Center for a borscht martini at Russian Samovar, where, fittingly, the walls are adorned with pictures of Baryshnikov.

— Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2026
The centerpiece of the look was her cutout dress and its plunging neckline adorned with intricate metallic sequin detailing.

— Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of adorned

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On Sunday, Zoo Atlanta announced two giant pandas arrived from China, just days after Xi said Beijing was sending the bears.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
VMAs 2026 Winners The Hollywood Reporter will update the Video Music Awards winners list as they’re announced live.

— Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of announced

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Linn’s, decorated with vintage bikes mounted along its high walls, lived up to the hype.

— David G. Allan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
But the couple were happy in their little cottage in the small hamlet of Lee-on-the-Solent, which Leigh decorated in her famously romantic style.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of decorated

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The Greek columns on its facade, south of downtown on the corner of Holman and Austin Streets, proclaimed the stability— the unimpeachable correctness—of one of the city’s most enduring institutions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Along with the statewide proclamation, the governor proclaimed emergencies in multiple counties that were hit hard by recent storms, including Santa Barbara County.

— Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of proclaimed

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Isaacs, usually draped in black slacks and tee, travels from Palm Beach and Broward County theaters, libraries and auditoriums in person and to Zoom classes some four to six times a week.

— Norma A. Orovitz, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
But from a searingly hot and tense Riyadh, draped in its green flags and patriotic banners, Saudi Arabia’s problem seems very much like America’s problem too.

— Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of draped

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The Nineties also declared Gen X to be the least annoying generation of the ones that are still walking the earth.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
In 1969, the US Department of Health, Education and Welfare declared that Chattanooga had the worst air pollution in the country, with dangerous particulate matter surpassing the federal safety level threefold.

— Daliah Singer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of declared

Verb

Last week, it was revealed that Gnarls Barkley would embark on the To Whom It Still Concerns Tour, advertised as the group’s first trek since 2008.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
Nussbaum advertised a meeting in the newspaper for November 1973 at the downtown Boston YWCA.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

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