| Pronunciation: | | bi'dIzun
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| Matching Terms: | | bedizenment
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| | Definition: | |
- [v] dress up garishly and tastelessly
- [v] decorate tastelessly
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| | Synonyms: | | dizen |
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| | See Also: | | adorn, attire, beautify, deck out, deck up, decorate, dress up, embellish, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, grace, gussy up, ornament, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Be*diz"en\, v. t.
To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste.
Remnants of tapestried hangings, . . . and shreds of
pictures with which he had bedizened his tatters. --Sir
W. Scott.
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| | Related Terms: | | adorn, apply paint, array, beautify, bedaub, bedeck, begild, besmear, blazon, brush on paint, calcimine, coat, color, complexion, cover, dab, dandify, daub, deck, deck out, decorate, deep-dye, dip, distemper, dizen, doll up, double-dye, dress, dress up, dye, embellish, emblazon, embroider, enamel, engild, enrich, face, fancy up, fast-dye, fig out, fix up, fresco, furbish, garnish, get up, gild, glaze, gloss, grace, grain, gussy up, hue, illuminate, imbue, ingrain, japan, lacquer, lay on color, ornament, overdress, paint, parget, pigment, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, pretty up, prime, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, rag out, redecorate, redo, refurbish, set off, set out, shade, shadow, shellac, slick up, slop on paint, smarten, smarten up, smear, spruce up, stain, stipple, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, titivate, tone, trick out, trick up, trim, undercoat, varnish, wash, whitewash |
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