garlanded 1 of 2

adjective

as in wreathed

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garlanded

2 of 2

verb

past tense of garland
as in draped

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Recent Examples of garlanded
Adjective
This garlanded play of mind, as it is communicated through Koether’s art, has nothing heavy or brooding about it. — Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2026 The haul made Adolescence the most garlanded series ever at the main BAFTA TV Awards. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 May 2026 An urgent masterpiece from the garlanded Aboriginal Australian novelist, frankly overflowing with poetry, daring, and wisdom. — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garlanded
  1. wreathed
  2. draped
  3. fringed
  4. strung
  5. laced
  6. festooned
  7. embroidered
  8. mounted
Adjective
  • Pictured above, the hardworking AFP shooter Henry Nicholls produces yet another fine portrait in his shot of a young handicapper luxuriating in the Zenlike smoke-wreathed focus required to select just the perfect and perfectly-priced mounts to back in the next race.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • In the face-cream advertisement, M remained wreathed in the pink flowers of spring.
    — Rachel Cusk, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2025
Definition of wreathed
Verb
  • Under constant threats from above, residents live largely in a spider’s world, with roads, sidewalks and gas stations draped in netting to entangle drones.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The walls were draped with red velvet, while tables were spread with candles and garland.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of draped
Adjective
  • And there was real summer energy throughout, from Bottega’s floor-sweeping fringed straw bag and tie-up sandals to Aquazzura’s florals and raffia.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Adam Lambert strutted on stage in a studded and fringed leather jacket and proceeded to do the late Wham!
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of fringed
Verb
  • Now, though, researchers have strung 15 cheap TV boxes together to run an artificial intelligence model, raising the possibility that the computers inside these everyday gadgets could someday help spread autonomous, AI-powered malware.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Think of what Big Bend would look like with a mountain of trash, or Fredericksburg vineyards strung with litter instead of grapes.
    — Katie Standing, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of strung
Adjective
  • The Babylone style is a laced stiletto sandal that is decorated at the toe strap with the YSL Cassandre in a bronze-tone metal.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • After Yancy witnesses the murder of Florida’s finest fixer, an ambitious state attorney teams him up with a strait-laced forensic accountant to solve the crime.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of laced
Verb
  • Jeans were smothered in coral at Dolce & Gabbana and festooned with feathers and appliqués at Roberto Cavalli.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
  • There, the walls are festooned with shapes that seem inspired by Cubist canvases.
    — Tim Hornyak, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of festooned
Adjective
  • Additions to the travel wardrobe include a reversible nylon jacket with a Monogram lining, an embroidered Real Madrid crest at the front, and a personalized inside label bearing both the Real Madrid and Louis Vuitton signatures.
    — Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Caland turned relentless mark-making, erotic bodies and embroidered garments into a boundary-blurring philosophy where art, home and life fully merge.
    — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of embroidered
Verb
  • Aurelius Systems recently mounted its Archimedes autonomous laser weapon on an American Rheinmetall unmanned ground vehicle at AUSA 2026.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Problems soon mounted, Beskrestnov said, with communication outages on top of the speed restriction, most likely caused by the new limits.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of mounted

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“Garlanded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garlanded. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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