diamonding

verb

present participle of diamond
as in jeweling
to make more attractive by or as if by adding diamonds The ballroom soon filled with diamonded guests ready to dance.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diamonding
  1. decorating
  2. dressing up
  3. trapping
  4. dressing
  5. brightening
  6. freshening
Verb
  • September 23 – October 22 If the arrangement is not working, stop decorating it.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Earlier this month, The 704 Way held a free shoe decorating popup at Archive CLT, a northwest Charlotte coffee shop.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026
Definition of decorating
Verb
  • Roberts is far from alone in dressing up the denim — Jessica Alba and Oprah have, too.
    — Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Some edtech has developed its own flavor of that problem by dressing up excessive gamification as a motivation system.
    — Richard Carranza, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of dressing up
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  • Authorities kept the affluent, forested Cap Ferret peninsula mostly empty because a nearby hot spot could flare again, threatening its limited road access and trapping residents and tourists.
    — Thomas Adamson, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Heat domes act like a lid on a pot, trapping and enhancing hot air beneath them.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Definition of trapping
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  • Caught between a defensive line of fans, an array of worried and/or triggered observers, and people dressing their gleeful critiques of a woman’s body in the guise of concern, Grande interjects some of the slowest, somberest music of her career.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Dust ruffles may have gone the way of the dodo after their heyday in the maximalist ’80s, but the absolute best bed skirts (done up in cottagecore ginghams and frothy sateens) are putting the antiquated bed dressing back on the map.
    — Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of dressing
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  • Even with their fortunes brightening in Michigan, Republicans are clear-eyed about the headwinds this year.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Made with a peptide complex and vitamin E, the patches reduce lines and wrinkles while plumping and brightening your skin.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 25 July 2026
Definition of brightening
Verb
  • These aromatherapy inhalers are perfect for freshening your immediate air.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Lemon can be used for everything from freshening bed linens to removing stains from clothes–including cleaning your microwave.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 27 June 2026
Definition of freshening
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