Synonyms

bedizen

American

[bih-dahy-zuhn, -diz-uhn] / bɪˈdaɪ zən, -ˈdɪz ən /

verb (used with object)

to dress or adorn in a showy, gaudy, or tasteless manner.

She was bedizened in a sequined gown and an enormous feathered headpiece.
To my dismay, the new PR team bedizened our website with animated images and text.

bedizen British

/ bɪˈdaɪzən, -ˈdɪzən /

verb

archaic (tr) to dress or decorate gaudily or tastelessly

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Other Word Forms

bedizenment noun
unbedizened adjective

Etymology

Origin of bedizen

First recorded in 1655–65; be- + dizen

Example Sentences

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“That agreeable sensation alternates with a muffled sense that the thing sometimes resembles a vast model made of corrugated cardboard and a suspicion that it borders on a bedizened Trump Tower kind of flash.”

From Los Angeles Times

Similarly, the indigenous flowers she wore in her hair and the native jewelry she used to bedizen herself with were also reflections of her love for Mexico and her nationalist stance.

From Washington Post

Within a week the bedizened emblems of kitsch became vehicles for Pollock-esque, purposeful art as protesters hurled balloons filled with paint on government buildings, the Equestrian Warrior, the Triumphal Arch.

From New York Times

“My play would have drawn twice as much without all the meretricious trumpery they’ve bedizened it with!”

From New York Times

But the sound that emerged from the facade was intriguingly at odds with the bedizened persona.

From New York Times

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