trappings
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈtræpɪŋz/
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atavíos
- The knight displayed his trappings of honor, including a shiny breastplate and ornate helmet.
It's not what your external trappings are.
- It's not what your external trappings are.
- So it is, it has all the trappings of the epic, epic journey on a small scale.
- So you know, the, the, if you do have a, a whole colony, you'd have all the trappings of what you'd have on Earth except on the moon.
- No color-coded national boundaries, no, none of the usual trappings of who owns what part of what section of the world.
- Don't don't get lost in the trappings of all of that vacuous and actually empty stuff that feels so wonderful in the moment.
- Because one of the trappings of power is that you become convinced that the problems of your country are uniquely yours to solve.
- And that movie teaches me a lot about all the kind of negative thing, the trappings of producer life.
- I would also say that she's an expert on success and all the trappings and positive and negative things that come with that.
- Now the trappings, let alone fact, of power would be enough to make the old estimate weep for wonder.
Examples
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Because one of the trappings of power is that you become convinced that the problems of your country are uniquely yours to solve.
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Like you can have all of the trappings of a much wealthier life.
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The president is entitled for total personal gain to use the trappings of his office.
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So it is, it has all the trappings of the epic, epic journey on a small scale.
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The mullahs organization had all the trappings of a theocratic or even martial state.
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The performers wore elaborate costumes with the trappings of a royal court.
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She decorated her room with the traditional trappings of festive holiday celebrations.
Synonyms
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4.2
Something added to make a person or thing look more attractive
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9.9
A person's clothes for performances or special occasions
Small decorative objects like beads worn on clothes or jewelry
Clothes and bright decorations worn to look showy
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trappings comes from an old word like trap that meant 'cover' or 'dress', first used for the coverings and ornaments put on horses. So trappings now means the clothes, decorations, or signs that show a person's role or status.