Synonyms of gracing

gracing

verb

present participle of grace

as in adorning

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

I hope that you will grace our gathering with your presence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adorning
• decorating
• draping
• ornamenting
• festooning
• beautifying
• enriching
• trimming
• bedecking
• dressing
• decking
• embellishing
• garnishing
• blazoning
• painting
• arraying
• embossing
• gussying up
• doing up
• doing
• dolling up
• prettying (up)
• bedizening
• caparisoning
• fancifying
• fancying up
• emblazing
• brightening
• trapping
• glitzing (up)
• embroidering
• freshening
• accessorizing
• chasing
• hanging
• smartening
• garlanding
• tricking (out)
• wreathing
• flouncing
• swagging
• ribboning
• bossing
• dressing up
• sprucing (up)
• frilling
• braiding
• fringing
• figuring
• gilding
• appliquéing
• filleting
• redoing
• jeweling
• feathering
• lacing
• redecorating
• filigreeing
• furbelowing
• diamonding
• pearling
• impearling
• gemming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• marring
• defacing
• disfiguring
• displaying
• spoiling
• simplifying
• revealing
• exposing
• streamlining
• stripping
• baring
• scarring
• blemishing
• uncovering
• dismantling
• denuding
• divesting
• uglifying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gracing

The festival got a stylish start with stars like Naomi Watts and Ayo Edebiri gracing the red carpet in designs by Celine and Chanel. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Black Thought reflected on how a young Questlove once had old Billboard music reviews gracing his bedroom walls. — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2026

And this season is sure to be a party with several celebratory anniversary shows (and late-night soirées), some big designer comebacks, and a bevy of celebrity names walking the runways and gracing the front rows. — Morgan Evans, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Long gone are the days of A-list celebrities like James Gandolfini gracing Shi Stadium with their presence. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

The annual Venice Film Festival has officially started, and A-listers have already begun gracing its red carpet in their best fashion. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 2 Sep. 2026

Stonestreet and Ferguson, 50, spoke to The Guardian about why their characters, who began gracing TV screens in 2009, became fan favorites. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Among the summer-blooming flowers gracing its beds and trellises are poppies, dahlias, sunflowers, and clematis. — News Desk, Artforum, 20 Aug. 2026

Adam gets off on being asphyxiated, while Ingeborg has hypersensitive fingertips to the extent of them effectively being her erogenous zone; gracing her hands against the fabric that’s wrapped her lover during his orgasm seems to set off her own. — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026