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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a decoration |
| Synonyms: | accessory, dingbat, doodad, embellishment, fandangle, floss, frill, frippery, furbelow, gewgaw, jazz, ornament, thing, trimming |
| Main Entry: | embellishment |
| 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
| Main Entry: | frill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | luxury, nice touch |
| Synonyms: | amenity, decoration, doodad, extravagance, fandangle, flounce, foppery, frippery, fuss, garbage*, garnish, gathering, gimcrack, gingerbread, jazz, lace, ruffle, superfluity, thing*, tuck |
| Antonyms: | plainness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | frippery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | waste, nonsense |
| Synonyms: | adornment, bauble, decoration, fanciness, fandangle, flashiness, frill, fussiness, gaudiness, knickknack, meretriciousness, ornament, ostentation, pretentiousness, showiness, tawdriness, toy, trinket |
| Antonyms: | plainness |
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| Main Entry: | embellishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
auriphryglate, beautified, becoming, bedight, begilt, behounc'd, chased, decorative, dressed to advantage, festooned, fine as a Mayday queen, fine as a carrot fresh scraped, fine as fivepence, flashy, floriated, flowery, garish, gaudy, gay, gilt, glittering, goffered, gorgeous, in Sunday best, in best bib and tucker, in full dress, inaurate, new gilt, new spangled, ornamental, ornamented, ornate, piped, pointille, pranked out, rich, showy, smart, splendiferous, tasselated, toreutic, tricksy
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