FRILLED Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

frilled

verb

past tense of frill

as in fringed

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This spot, littered in condom wrappers and fringed by jungle, is familiar to her.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
The coastline of the region is fringed with ridiculously good-looking beaches and traditional fishing villages where the boats still return with the day’s catch.

— Nigel Hack, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2026

Definition of fringed

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The star paired the Alta Moda Sardegna 2024 collection piece with matching gold bangle bracelets and a dramatic long black tulle veil, which was lavishly embroidered with gold thread.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 21 July 2026
Her custom Fausto Puglisi for Roberto Cavalli bodysuit was hand-embroidered with more than 200,000 crystals in hot pink, orange and citrine, a process that took 120 hours.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 19 July 2026

Definition of embroidered

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South India is the scent of frangipani and coffee, bushels of bananas and coconuts, women with gold nose rings and hair braided with jasmine and mustachioed men in pink with hands on hips.

— Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2026
Quen Blackwell’s hair is braided and pulled into a delicate updo that adds volume and structure to her look.

— Sunnah Rasheed, InStyle, 24 June 2026

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In the bathroom, there are shuttered windows wreathed with Como silk and a luscious roll-top bath.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
On a hill wreathed in mist above the dark sea that runs between New Zealand’s North and South Islands, Ward and others crossed rugged farmland late on Tuesday night, carrying seven crates in silence by dim red torchlight.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026

Definition of wreathed

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Sneddon filled the tiered stands with pistachio and rose tartlets, delicate macarons laced with exotic fruits and strawberry choux designed to celebrate the season’s finest yield.

— Rachel Dube, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
The book is that challenging—turgid, repetitious, and laced with technical jargon.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 July 2026

Definition of laced

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Juliana, who was 16 years old and Black, was found May 8 hanged from a tree near a predominately Black church in north Charlotte after going missing for several days.

— Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
Every Olympics faces questions in the run-up, and some of these same concerns hung over the World Cup too.

— Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 24 July 2026

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