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present participle of caparison
Synonyms & Antonyms of caparisoning
1
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
- used to seeing him in a T-shirt and jeans, we were startled by the sight of strapping youth caparisoned for the prom in a tuxedo
Synonyms for caparisoning
Words Related to caparisoning
- accoutring
- (or accoutering),
- bedighting
- [archaic],
- equipping,
- furnishing,
- habilitating,
- outfitting,
- tailoring,
- uniforming
Near Antonyms for caparisoning
Antonyms for caparisoning
- disarraying,
- disrobing,
- stripping,
- unclothing,
- undressing,
- untrussing
- [archaic]
2
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
- the state's rolling hills are even more becoming when they are caparisoned in the glorious colors of autumn
Synonyms for caparisoning
- adorning,
- arraying,
- beautifying,
- bedecking,
- bedizening,
- blazoning,
- 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
Words Related to caparisoning
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“Caparisoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caparisoning. Accessed 17 Oct. 2021.
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