as in adorned
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
you could take a store-bought cake and fancify it so that it looks semi-homemade
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fancified
Verb
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Enter the front door into the living room adorned by a wood-burning fireplace and tall ceilings.—
Karen A. Avitabile,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025 -
The restaurant’s interior is striking, with luminous jellyfish decorations and a hallway adorned with what appears to be a vast, stylized fish skeleton.—
Coke Bartrina,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The latest continues the super-clean and minimalist design but in a stone blue dial decorated in guilloché and a Grain d’Orge (barley grain) motif.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
30 Mar. 2025
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Many were richly decorated with coral and colored glass.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The late-season fruits are incredibly showy, arranged in dense clusters circling the stems.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Aug. 2025
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Zinnias also attract butterflies with its showy flowers.—
Clarence Schmidt,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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In a movie full of overwrought conversations and shoehorned interactions, perhaps that’s the lesson.—
Elle Carroll,
Vulture,
11 Aug. 2025
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The real truth is that no one should care about what reactionary, overwrought critics have to say.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Sitting on just shy of 3.5 acres, the grandiose 1920s home underwent a meticulous three-year renovation by architect Ira Grandberg but retains a charming, old-world feel.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
30 July 2025
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One was at the Tonga Room, the famed tiki bar hidden deep inside the Fairmont Hotel in Nob Hill, known for its grandiose decor and giant indoor pool.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Mercury News,
28 July 2025
Adjective
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His exuberant new novel, The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter, packs the punch of his short stories, dramatizing a real-life unsolved murder, both a homage to Hollywood noir and a meditation on how and why our deepest connections can betray us.—
Book Marks
August 14,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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Match their energy level If someone’s profile hints that they’re reserved, don’t go overboard with exclamation points and an exuberant first message.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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It is woven not from extravagant ingredients or ornate presentations, but from resourcefulness, memory, and above all, love.—
Sami Tamimi
August 6,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
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According to Denver District Attorney, John Walsh $1.3 million of 300 investors’ money went to fund the pastor’s and his wife's extravagant lifestyle which included a home renovation, luxury handbags, cosmetic dentistry and a Range Rover.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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With pilasters, a limestone facade, and classic symmetrical design, the three-story building exemplifies the Beaux-Arts style popular at the turn of the 20th century, grand but not ostentatious.—
Irene S. Levine,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Larrañaga presented a range of ideas, from conservative to ostentatious, to the couple.—
Daniel Cote,
Robb Report,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Fancified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancified. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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