adorn
/əˈdɔːn
/verb [with object]
Make more beautiful or attractive: pictures and prints adorned his walls...
- Beautiful landscape paintings adorn the walls of the Damle family at Dadar.
- I lingered in the hallways for awhile admiring the artistic prints of money adorning the walls.
- His angels were likewise adorned with beautiful garments and wondrous instruments.
Synonyms
embellish, decorate, furnish, ornament, add ornament to, enhance;
beautify, prettify, grace, enrich, bedeck, deck (out), dress (up), trick out, trim, swathe, wreathe, festoon, garland, array, garnish, emblazon, gild, set off
informal get up, do up, do out
literary bejewel, bedizen, caparison, furbelow
Derivatives
adorner
- Scrapbookers can use corner adorners to make the corners of their scrapbook unique and stylish.
- Corner adorners are all the rage in web design these days.
- In order to ensure the continuation of the species, society has also valued women who are good nurturers and adorners.
Origin
Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin adornare, from ad- 'to' + ornare 'deck, add lustre'.
Rhymes
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