Antonyms for furbelow

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fur-buh-loh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɜr bəˌloʊ

Definition of furbelow

Origin : c.1700, alteration of falbala, from French falbala (17c., cognate with Provençal farbello), from Italian falda "fold, flap, pleat," from PIE *pel- "to fold." As a verb from 1701.

As in knickknack : noun trinket; decorative piece
As in adornment : noun a decoration
As in decoration : noun beautification, embellishment
As in decoration : noun particular type of embellishment
As in flourish : noun curlicue, decoration
As in garnish : noun embellishment, improvement

Example sentences :

Her sex was the very essence of her; she had no need to wear it like a furbelow.
Extract from : « The Nest Builder » by Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale

How ridiculous that one should suffer from want of a frill or a furbelow!
Extract from : « The Golden Censer » by John McGovern

A furbelow of precious stones, a hat buttoned with a diamond, a brocade waistcoat or petticoat, are standing topics.
Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, Issue 267, August 4, 1827 » by Various

Then why, in the name of common sense, did you gaze so earnestly at the furbelow lady herself?
Extract from : « The Widow Barnaby » by Frances Trollope

And, if it were a mere fal-lal, a furbelow of larval coquetry, even that would not surprise me.
Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre

I swore I hadn't four marks a year, and I've my fellowship for telling the furbelow.
Extract from : « Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories » by Ouida

There was not a flower or ruche or frill or furbelow or bow about her dress of which he did not make a mental inventory.
Extract from : « Mortomley's Estate, Vol. II (of 3) » by Charlotte Elizabeth Lawson Cowan Riddell

I invited that furbelow widow to stay on purpose to spare me this almost tte--tte meeting.
Extract from : « The Vicar of Wrexhill » by Mrs [Frances] Trollope

I'll tear the furbelow off your clothes, and when you swoon for vexation, you shan't have a penny, to buy a bottle of hartshorn.
Extract from : « The Inconstant » by George Farquhar

It was a hull week afore I could make up my mind to go out of my office, and the sight of a furbelow raly made me sick.
Extract from : « Highlife in New York: a series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick, » by Ann S. Stephens

Synonyms for furbelow

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