Synonyms of adorning

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adjective

as in decorative

serving to add beauty

adorning garlands of greenery can be seen all over the mansion at Christmastime

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decorative
• ornamental
• beautiful
• cosmetic
• lovely
• beautifying
• embellishing
• gorgeous
• charming
• appealing
• ornate
• attractive
• delightful
• pleasing
• alluring
• fancy
• stunning
• handsome
• glamorous
• comely
• elaborate
• beauteous
• detailed
• prepossessing
• pretty
• glamourous
• bonny
• bonnie
• fair

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• functional
• utilitarian

adorning

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verb

present participle of adorn

as in decorating

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

the Sultan's tent was richly adorned with thick tapestries and gleaming gold candlesticks

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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