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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beautification; decorating |
| Synonyms: | adornment, coloring, decoration, doodad, elaboration, embroidering, embroidery, enhancement, enrichment, exaggeration, fandangle, floridity, flowery speech, frill, froufrou, fuss*, garnish, gilding, gingerbread, hyperbole, icing on the cake, jazz, ornament, ornamentation, ostentation, overstatement |
| Antonyms: | disfigurement, injury, simplification, spoliation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | adornment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decorating, enhancing |
| Synonyms: | beautification, decoration, embellishment, gilding, ornamentation, trimming |
| Antonyms: | plainness |
| Main Entry: | adornment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a decoration |
| Synonyms: | accessory, dingbat, doodad, embellishment, fandangle, floss, frill, frippery, furbelow, gewgaw, jazz, ornament, thing, trimming |
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | object with design; depiction |
| Synonyms: | cast, composition, decoration, device, diagram, drawing, effigy, embellishment, emblem, illustration, image, model, mold, motif, motive, ornamentation, pattern, piece, portrait, representation, sketch, statue |
| Main Entry: | flourish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curlicue, decoration |
| Synonyms: | curl, embellishment, furbelow, garnish, ornamentation, plume, quirk, spiral, sweep, twist |
| Main Entry: | hyperbole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exaggeration |
| Synonyms: | PR, amplification, big talk, coloring, distortion, embellishment, embroidering, enlargement, hype*, laying it on thick, magnification, metaphor, mountain out of molehill, overstatement, tall talk |
| Antonyms: | understatement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knickknack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trinket; decorative piece |
| Synonyms: | bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, bric-a-brac, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, device, embellishment, flummery, frill, furbelow, gadget*, miniature, notion, novelty, objet d'art, ornament, plaything, showpiece, souvenir, thingamajig, toy, trapping, trifle, whatnot, whimsy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ornament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decoration |
| Synonyms: | accessory, adornment, art, bauble, beautification, design, doodad, embellishment, embroidery, flower, frill, frou frou, garnish, gewgaw, gimcrack, gingerbread, honor, jewel, knickknack, pride, treasure, trimming, trinket |
| Main Entry: | trappings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | paraphernalia, equipment |
| Synonyms: | accouterment, adornment, apparel, appointment, decoration, dress, embellishment, finery, fitting, fixture, furnishing, gear, livery, ornament, panoply, personal effects, raiment, rigging, things, trimming |
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