to bedizen
- verb
- /bɪˈdaɪzən/
- He bedizened the cake with an extravagant amount of icing and sprinkles.
Examples
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She bedizened her room with bright, mismatched decorations that drew everyone's attention.
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"The bedizened body rolled into the pour.
Fiction book (1992) -
The children were bedizened in colorful costumes for the school play.
Synonyms
To dress someone or something in a fancy way
Make something look better than it really is
To dress or decorate in a fancy way to look nicer
To make something look showy to attract attention
To put fancy decorations like flowers or lights on something to make it look special
To make something or someone look bright and showy to attract attention
To dress or decorate in a very bright way to get attention
Dress yourself in bright, showy clothes or jewelry to attract attention
To make a person or thing look fancy, often in a showy way
To dress someone or make them act in a showy, fashionable way
To dress carefully to look fancy
To dress people or things in silks and jewelry
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Phrasal Verbs
How Gaudy
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Morphology
Etymology
The word bedizen comes from be- added to an old word dizen meaning 'to decorate', so it originally meant 'to make decorated'. A helpful way to remember it is to think 'be-dazzle' — to dress or decorate something in a loud, showy, and often tasteless way.