adornment
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Synonyms for adornment
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beautifier, caparison, decoration, doodad, embellisher, embellishment, frill, garnish, garnishment, garniture, ornament, ornamentation, setoff, trim
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This time, the news hook was a facility filled with the state-of-the-art adornments that have been promised since the Warriors announced in May 2012 their desire to move west from Oakland. — John King, SFChronicle.com, "Chase Center has moment in media spotlight, mammoth scoreboard and all.," 26 Aug. 2019 Ancient Greeks, Egyptians, Sumerians and Aztecs all wore ribbons and hair adornments. — Anna Purna Kambhampaty, Time, "From Marie Antoinette to JoJo Siwa, Hair Bows Have a Surprisingly Meaningful History," 8 Aug. 2019 Camilla is also known for wearing the Greville Tiara, another royal adornment that was passed down from Charles' grandma. — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, "Camilla Parker Bowles' Engagement Ring From Prince Charles Has a Fascinating History," 10 July 2019 Along with the adornments themselves, a selection of sculptures, paintings, prints and photographs celebrates jewelry on the human body, from a dancing deity made in 12th-century India to Josephine Baker, doyenne of 1920s Paris nightlife. — Susan Delson, WSJ, "Bling Through the Ages," 1 Nov. 2018 When planning the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, director Francis Ford Coppola originally imagined one of his main characters, Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, a former Green Beret who has gone rogue in Cambodia, would wear no adornment besides his dog tags. — Olivia Martin, Town & Country, "Marlon Brando’s Iconic Rolex Goes Up For Auction," 19 July 2019 Even if your prose taste runs to curlicue and adornment (mine does), the restraint feels significant. — Parul Sehgal, New York Times, "In ‘The Nickel Boys,’ Colson Whitehead Continues to Make a Classic American Genre His Own," 11 July 2019 Photos are splendid, simply presented with just the food on the plates and little adornment. — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, "A cookbook that offers Turkey’s history, agriculture, daily life, and culinary culture," 8 July 2019 Kim donned a skintight, white and partially transparent, catsuit for the date, with her outfit featuring glittery adornments. — Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, "Kim and Kanye Celebrated Their Fifth Wedding Anniversary with Celine Dion," 26 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'adornment.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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