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
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Recent Examples of festooned
Miso deepens a crab thermidor ($29) festooned in pomelos.
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Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2026
Johnny lifts a plastic cross, festooned with plastic flowers, from the backseat and mocks it.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
When Upton and Verlander opted for a home theater rather than a proper dining room, Ruggiero conjured a moody lounge slicked in a blackberry paint, festooned with heavy velvet curtains, and crowned by a graphic Iksel wallpaper.
—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2026
These giant, South American perennials take on a tree shape and are festooned in long, hanging, trumpet-shape blooms that release a wonderful perfume in late afternoon.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
The branches of the tree were festooned with protest banners, wooden crates, and homemade art.
—Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
They are sometimes fully clothed, sometimes less so—bare-breasted and bare-bottomed, coquettishly posed, festooned with kitschy props—unabashedly immodest in every sense of the word.
—Bryan Barcena, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
One is festooned in SpongeBob memorabilia; another contains the rack on which a girl would arrange her outfits for the week.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
The veteran band appeared to tease their next era this week when their official website turned into a high school rocker’s bedroom festooned with rock posters that serve as interactive previews of new songs, amid piles of CDs and a clump of dirty clothes.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2026
Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2026
Johnny lifts a plastic cross, festooned with plastic flowers, from the backseat and mocks it.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
When Upton and Verlander opted for a home theater rather than a proper dining room, Ruggiero conjured a moody lounge slicked in a blackberry paint, festooned with heavy velvet curtains, and crowned by a graphic Iksel wallpaper.
—Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 13 Mar. 2026
These giant, South American perennials take on a tree shape and are festooned in long, hanging, trumpet-shape blooms that release a wonderful perfume in late afternoon.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
The branches of the tree were festooned with protest banners, wooden crates, and homemade art.
—Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
They are sometimes fully clothed, sometimes less so—bare-breasted and bare-bottomed, coquettishly posed, festooned with kitschy props—unabashedly immodest in every sense of the word.
—Bryan Barcena, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
One is festooned in SpongeBob memorabilia; another contains the rack on which a girl would arrange her outfits for the week.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
The veteran band appeared to tease their next era this week when their official website turned into a high school rocker’s bedroom festooned with rock posters that serve as interactive previews of new songs, amid piles of CDs and a clump of dirty clothes.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for festooned
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Both co-chaired the event with Wintour, who wore a Loewe custom floor-length jacket adorned in feathers that formed tulip bouquets.—
Luis Giraldo,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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The style is made of 18-karat white and yellow gold and adorned with 34 diamonds on the bezel, 178 on the bracelet, and 12 more placed on the hour markers.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
4 May 2026
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Yet Austin Reaves decorated with bricks.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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The office itself leans toward old-school classicism, its conference and sitting rooms decorated with museum-quality Hudson River School paintings and 19th-century antiques.—
Shawn Tully,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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Rihanna, draped in gunmetal Margiela couture, created yet another Met moment, a year after debuting her baby bump on the carpet (her second time doing so, with her third child Rocki).—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
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On the table are elaborate rose arrangements and settings draped in red ribbon.—
Maddie Connors,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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