emblazon

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: em=bla=zon

CIDE DICTIONARY

emblazon, v. t. [Pref. em- + blazon. Cf. Emblaze.].

•  To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon.  [1913 Webster]
•  To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate.  [1913 Webster]

  "The walls were . . . emblazoned with legends in commemoration of the illustrious pair."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

emblazon, v.tr.
1 a portray conspicuously, as on a heraldic shield. b adorn (a shield) with heraldic devices.
2 adorn brightly and conspicuously.
3 celebrate, extol.

Derivative

emblazonment n.

THESAURUS

emblazon

adorn, adulate, advertise, air, apotheosize, apply paint, array, beautify, bedaub, bedeck, bedizen, begild, belaud, bepraise, besmear, blazon, blazon forth, bless, blow up, boast of, brag about, brandish, brush on paint, calcimine, celebrate, coat, color, complexion, cover, cry up, dab, dandify, dangle, daub, deck, deck out, decorate, deep-dye, deify, demonstrate, dip, display, distemper, dizen, doll up, double-dye, dress, dress up, dye, embellish, embroider, enamel, engild, enrich, eulogize, exalt, exhibit, extol, face, fast-dye, fig out, fix up, flash, flatter, flaunt, flourish, fresco, furbish, garnish, gild, glaze, glorify, gloss, grace, grain, gussy up, hero-worship, hold up, hue, idolize, illuminate, imbue, ingrain, japan, lacquer, laud, lay on color, lionize, magnify, make much of, manifest, ornament, overpraise, paint, panegyrize, parade, parget, pay tribute, pigment, porter aux nues, praise, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, prime, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, puff, puff up, put forth, put forward, redecorate, redo, refurbish, salute, set off, set out, shade, shadow, shellac, slop on paint, smarten, smarten up, smear, sport, spruce up, stain, stipple, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, titivate, tone, trick out, trick up, trim, trumpet, trumpet forth, undercoat, varnish, vaunt, wash, wave, whitewash

ROGET THESAURUS

emblazon

Ornament

VB ornament, overlay with ornament, overcharge, smell of the lamp, ornament, embellish, enrich, decorate, adorn, bead, beautify, adonize, smarten, furbish, polish, gild, varnish, whitewash, enamel, japan, lacquer, paint, grain, garnish, trim, dizen, bedizen, prink, prank, trick out, fig out, deck, bedeck, dight, bedight, array, begawd, titivate, dress, dress up, spangle, bespangle, powder, embroider, work, chase, emboss, fret, emblazon, illuminate, illustrate, become.

Ostentation

VB be ostentatious, come forward, put oneself forward, attract attention, star it, cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash, make a splurge, cut a dash, cut a splash, cut a splurge, figure, figure away, make a show, make a display, glitter, show off, show off one's paces, parade, march past, display, exhibit, put forward, hold up, trot out, hand out, sport, brandish, blazon forth, dangle, dangle before the eyes, cry up, proner, flaunt, emblazon, prink, set off, mount, have framed and glazed, put a good face upon, put a smiling face upon, clean the outside of the platter.

Color

VB color, dye, tinge, stain, tint, tinct, paint, wash, ingrain, grain, illuminate, emblazon, bedizen, imbue, paint.