Synonyms of festooned

festooned

verb

past tense of festoon

as in adorned

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

for Valentine's Day the dance hall was festooned with a riot of red hearts and bow-wielding cupids

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adorned
• decorated
• draped
• ornamented
• decked
• dressed
• graced
• bedecked
• trimmed
• painted
• arrayed
• embellished
• garnished
• embossed
• beautified
• blazoned
• enriched
• bedizened
• caparisoned
• gussied up
• emblazed
• dolled up
• fancified
• prettied (up)
• embroidered
• garlanded
• accessorized
• did
• trapped
• did up
• brightened
• fancied up
• wreathed
• glitzed (up)
• ribboned
• fringed
• hung
• freshened
• chased
• gilded
• smartened
• tricked (out)
• braided
• laced
• flounced
• dressed up
• spruced (up)
• filleted
• jeweled
• frilled
• feathered
• filigreed
• bossed
• gemmed
• swagged
• figured
• appliquéd
• pearled
• redecorated
• impearled
• redid
• furbelowed
• diamonded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• marred
• scarred
• defaced
• disfigured
• spoiled
• displayed
• blemished
• simplified
• stripped
• exposed
• revealed
• denuded
• streamlined
• dismantled
• uncovered
• bared
• divested
• uglified

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of festooned

Jeans were smothered in coral at Dolce & Gabbana and festooned with feathers and appliqués at Roberto Cavalli. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026

There, the walls are festooned with shapes that seem inspired by Cubist canvases. — Tim Hornyak, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026

And there are no placards festooned with Motel 6 and Starbucks logos, flattening the American landscape into a homogeneous blur. — David Alm, Longreads, 1 Oct. 2026

This wasn’t the 2026 Miami of spotless Ubers and Waymos doing their thing on Brickell streets festooned with billion dollar developments. — Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Axl — just like any self-respecting rock star would — had festooned his wrists with myriad bracelets, and the bracelets had got caught in the lining of the sleeve of the jacket. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026

The entrance of the famed Inn at Spanish Bay, in Northern California’s Pebble Beach, had been festooned with some of the world’s most exotic automobiles—swooned over by camera-toting adorers—just a few days prior during Monterey Car Week. — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2026

The first featured a brief video of the band’s former mandolin player and supporting vocalist walking into a room festooned with string instruments and industry awards and sitting down in an office chair. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026

Latticework typical to the shrine of an imam, or religious leader, festooned the side of the truck carrying the coffins. — Marc Smith, NBC news, 6 July 2026