Synonyms of wreathed

wreathed 1 of 2

adjective

as in fringed

Related Words

• fringed
• laced
• embroidered
• embossed
• garlanded
• bejeweled
• chased
• sequined
• emblazoned
• gold
• flounced
• bossed
• gilded
• golden
• gold-plated

wreathed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of wreathe

1

as in twisted

to cause to twine about one another

decided to wreathe the grapevines into a beribboned swag to give the room the "country look"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• twisted
• braided
• entwined
• intertwined
• plied
• mixed
• blended
• writhed
• laced
• wove
• enlaced
• interlaced
• implicated
• fused
• plaited
• interwove
• inwove
• platted
• linked
• intertwisted
• pleached
• joined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disentangled
• uncoiled
• unwound
• untangled
• untwined

2

as in interspersed

to scatter or set here and there among other things

wreathed small flowers into the design for the wallpaper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interspersed
• inserted
• mixed
• salted
• combined
• threaded
• wove
• interlaced
• incorporated
• laced
• mingled
• intermingled
• interwove
• blended
• juxtaposed
• alternated
• integrated
• merged
• embodied
• fused
• commingled
• amalgamated
• assimilated

3

as in surrounded

to form a circle around

pretty ribbons wreathed the flower girl's braided bun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surrounded
• encircled
• circled
• ringed
• encompassed
• enclosed
• embraced
• girded
• environed
• girdled
• walled
• circumscribed
• compassed
• beset
• closed in
• fenced (in)
• hemmed (in)
• besieged
• swarmed
• entrenched
• cordoned (off)
• invested

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wreathed

Adjective

In the face-cream advertisement, M remained wreathed in the pink flowers of spring. — Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025

Pictured above, the hardworking AFP shooter Henry Nicholls produces yet another fine portrait in his shot of a young handicapper luxuriating in the Zenlike smoke-wreathed focus required to select just the perfect and perfectly-priced mounts to back in the next race. — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026

Verb

The man stood there, his face wreathed in smoke from the cigarette between his lips. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

One of the best and most distinctive albums this year sounded like a falling anvil wreathed in flames. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 16 Dec. 2025

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

Then, in the distance, a camera flash lit up a hellish sight—wreathed in the smoke from village fires, a great black pipe organ, as tall as the houses on either side, heaved and rolled across the square. — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 21 Dec. 2025

Marinated salmon and confit artichoke arrived wreathed in smoke under a glass cloche to heighten our attention to umami. — Gemma Price, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2025

Residents looked on in awe as atmospheric friction brought on by the blistering speed of re-entry wreathed the capsule's heat shield in glowing plasma. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2026

There’s no bad sightline in the space, from either the ground floor or upper level balcony, which looks out over a stage wreathed in pink neon and wood cutouts evoking the industrial cityscape outside. — Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 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, 30 Apr. 2026