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bedizen

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Verb (transitive)
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be=di=zen

CIDE DICTIONARY

bedizenv. t. 
     To dress or adorn tawdrily or with false taste.  [1913 Webster]
    "Remnants of tapestried hangings, . . . and shreds of pictures with which he had bedizened his tatters."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bedizen, v.tr. poet. deck out gaudily.

Etymology
BE- + obs. dizen deck out

THESAURUS

bedizen

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

ROGET THESAURUS

bedizen

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.

Color

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


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