BEDECKING Synonyms: 130 Similar and Opposite Words

bedecking

verb

present participle of bedeck

as in adorning

to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming bedecked the house with hundreds of miniature lights for the party

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as in clothing

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes the ladies arrived bedecked in furs

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Tourism picks up Whether arriving from within Chile or overseas, tourists are venturing into the remote, inhospitable areas of the Atacama to admire the millions of flowers adorning vast areas of the desert, stretching from the coast to the horizon.

— Nayara Batschke, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Growing up thousands of miles away from the Hollywood sign in Bratislava, Slovakia, ADÉLA spent her childhood studying American pop stars and had posters of Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande and Britney Spears adorning her bedroom walls.

— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026

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His work finds a means of using technology, engineering, and performance to ask what a garment might be capable of beyond simply clothing the body.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026
Not feeding the hungry, not tending to the sick, not clothing the naked, not welcoming the refugee.

— Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026

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The person buried there is believed to have belonged to the Linear Pottery culture — named for the distinctive spiral and wavy patterns decorating its pottery.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
The city is also bringing back its Halloween decorating contest to see which blocks can have the most Halloween spirit.

— Jack Springgate, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

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