bedeck | Definition of bedeck

Synonyms and Antonyms of bedeck

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

bedecked the house with hundreds of miniature lights for the party

Synonyms of bedeck

adorn, array, beautify, bedizen, blazon, caparison, deck, decorate, do, do up, doll up, drape, dress, embellish, emblaze, emboss, enrich, fancify, fancy up, festoon, garnish, glitz (up), grace, gussy up, ornament, pretty (up), trim

Words Related to bedeck

accessorize, dress up, trap, trick (out)

brighten, freshen, smarten, spruce (up)

braid, embroider, feather, figure, filigree, fillet, flounce, frill, fringe, furbelow, garland, hang, lace, ribbon, swag, wreathe

appliqué, gild, paint

diamond, gem, impearl, jewel, pearl

redecorate, redo

Near Antonyms of bedeck

simplify, streamline

bare, denude, dismantle, display, divest, expose, reveal, strip, uncover

Antonyms of bedeck

blemish, deface, disfigure, mar, scar, spoil

2 to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes

the ladies arrived bedecked in furs

Synonyms of bedeck

apparel, array, attire, caparison, clothe, costume, deck (out), do up, dress, dress up, enrobe, garb, garment, get up, gown, habit, invest, rig (out), robe, suit, tog (up or out), toilet, vesture

Words Related to bedeck

cloak, frock, jacket, mantle, vest

drape, enswathe, hap [dialect], huddle, swaddle, swathe, wrap

accoutre (or accouter), bedight [archaic], equip, furnish, habilitate, outfit, tailor, uniform

dress down, underdress

Near Antonyms of bedeck

denude, divest, uncover, undrape, unveil

Antonyms of bedeck

disarray, disrobe, strip, unclothe, undress, untruss [archaic]