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emblaze

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of emblaze

1 to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming

  • the days when movies were shown in palaces that were lavishly emblazed to look like ancient Egypt or exotic Arabia
Synonyms of emblaze

adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, caparison, deck, decorate, do, do up, doll up, drape, dress, embellish, emboss, enrich, fancify, fancy up, festoon, garnish, glitz (up), grace, gussy up, ornament, pretty (up), trim
Words Related to emblaze

accessorize, dress up, trap, trick (out)

brighten, freshen, smarten, spruce (up)

boss, chase

braid, embroider, feather, figure, filigree, fillet, flounce, frill, fringe, furbelow, garland, hang, lace, ribbon, swag, wreathe

appliqué, gild, paint

diamond, gem, impearl, jewel, pearl

redecorate, redo
Near Antonyms of emblaze

simplify, streamline

bare, denude, dismantle, display, divest, expose, reveal, strip, uncover

uglify
Antonyms of emblaze

blemish, deface, disfigure, mar, scar, spoil

2 to supply with light

  • a time when Broadway was emblazed by the lights of dozens of theaters
Synonyms of emblaze

bathe, beacon, illume, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, light, lighten
Words Related to emblaze

brighten

beam, beat (down), radiate, shine

enhalo, halo

floodlight

highlight, spotlight

blaze, burn, fire, flame, glare, glow, ignite, incinerate, kindle

bedazzle, blind, daze, dazzle

gleam, glisten, glitter
Near Antonyms of emblaze

dim, dull, obscure

cover, shroud, veil

douse (also dowse), extinguish, put out, quench, snuff (out)
Antonyms of emblaze

blacken, darken, obfuscate

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