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

Singer and rapper Bad Bunny may be gracing the stage as the performer at Sunday's Super Bowl LX halftime show, but his beginnings started thousands of miles away in Puerto Rico with his mother, father, and two brothers. —Kate Perez, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026

Ribollita is a Portland mainstay that’s been gracing the East End since 1996. —Emma Simard, Saveur, 4 Feb. 2026

Sabrina Carpenter Sabrina Carpenter will be gracing the Grammys stage for a second consecutive year. —Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2026

Other camellia species were noted and grown for their flowers gracing gardens of temples and nobility. —Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2026

Since the totality is gracing Libya and Egypt, clear skies are almost guaranteed for the astounding event—a welcome piece of news for anyone who remembers the clouds that spoiled visibility in parts of North America during the 2024 eclipse. —Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 9 Jan. 2026

Jenner’s modeling breakthrough came during Marc Jacobs’ fall 2014 fashion show, which was followed by walking other major designer catwalks as well as editorial shoots, gracing covers of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, among others. —Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Jan. 2026

The evening's affair—hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler for the fourth year running—served as the official kickoff to the awards season, with film and television's biggest celebrities gracing the red carpet in their most glamorous attire. —Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 4 Jan. 2026

The wolf moon, the first full moon of the year, will ring in 2026, gracing the sky this weekend, but the lunar event will make the Quadrantid meteor shower a bit harder to spot. —Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 1 Jan. 2026