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Antonyms for gingerbread
Grammar : Adj, noun |
Spell : jin-jer-bred |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɪn dʒərˌbrɛd |
- basic
- center
- common
- commonplace
- decrease
- disfigurement
- disgrace
- divestment
- elementary
- essential
- eyesore
- fundamental
- injury
- inside
- integral
- interior
- main
- middle
- necessary
- needed
- normal
- old
- ordinary
- plain
- plainness
- poor
- simple
- simplification
- spoliation
- ugly
- unadorned
- unfancy
- unornamented
- used
- usual
- worn
Definition of gingerbread
Origin :- late 13c., gingerbrar, from Old French ginginbrat "ginger preserve," from Medieval Latin gingimbratus "gingered," from gingiber (see ginger). The ending changed by folk etymology to -brede "bread," a formation attested by mid-14c. Originally "preserved ginger," the meaning "a kind of spiced cake" is from 15c. Figurative use, "showy, insubstantial" is from c.1600. Sense of "fussy decoration on a house" is first recorded 1757; gingerbread-work (1748) was a sailor's term for carved decoration on a ship.
- As in extra : adj accessory; excess
- As in fancy : adj extravagant, ornamental
- As in ornament : noun decoration
- As in trim : noun decoration
- As in decoration : noun particular type of embellishment
- As in embellishment : noun beautification; decorating
- As in frill : noun luxury, nice touch
- As in garnish : noun embellishment, improvement
- She has been helping us make crumpets, crullers, gingerbread, and cake.
- Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin
- Suppose I should wish to buy a small piece of gingerbread for a cent.
- Extract from : « Rollo in Paris » by Jacob Abbott
- Sairy, cutting the gingerbread into squares, held the knife suspended.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- "Well, you will have to if we have gingerbread for supper," said Gloriana.
- Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
- Now you can put in your gingerbread whenever you are ready, Glory.
- Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
- “Now you children must each have a piece of my gingerbread,” she said.
- Extract from : « Peggy in Her Blue Frock » by Eliza Orne White
- I had just as lief have some gingerbread and a pickle-lime,' was her calm response.
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 » by Various
- You want I should get you a piece o' gingerbread and a glass o' milk?
- Extract from : « Country Neighbors » by Alice Brown
- As I entered the kitchen, I sniffed a pleasant smell of gingerbread baking.
- Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
- "Put my 'gingerbread boy' on top," cried Phronsie, handing him up.
- Extract from : « Five Little Peppers And How They Grew » by Margaret Sidney
Synonyms for gingerbread
- accessory
- added
- additional
- adorned
- adornment
- amenity
- ancillary
- another
- appliqué
- arabesque
- art
- auxiliary
- baroque
- bauble
- beautification
- beautifying
- beyond
- border
- braid
- button
- chichi
- color
- coloring
- complicated
- curlicue
- cushy
- custom
- decorated
- decoration
- decorative
- deluxe
- design
- dingbat
- doodad
- edging
- elaborate
- elaboration
- elegant
- embellished
- embellishment
- embroidering
- embroidery
- enhancement
- enrichment
- exaggeration
- extraneous
- extraordinary
- extravagance
- fanciful
- fandangle
- festoon
- filigree
- finery
- florid
- floridity
- flounce
- flourish
- flower
- flowery speech
- foppery
- fresh
- fretwork
- frill
- frilly
- fringe
- frippery
- frou frou
- froufrou
- furbelow
- further
- fuss
- garbage
- garnish
- garnished
- garniture
- gathering
- gaudy
- gewgaw
- gewgaws
- gilding
- gilt
- gimcrack
- gimcracks
- gingerbread
- gravy
- honor
- hyperbole
- ice
- icing on the cake
- in addition
- in reserve
- in store
- inessential
- inlay
- intricate
- jazz
- jewel
- knickknack
- lace
- lagniappe
- lavish
- leftover
- more
- needless
- new
- one more
- optional
- ornament
- ornamentation
- ornate
- ostentation
- ostentatious
- other
- over and above
- overstatement
- parquetry
- perk
- piping
- plaque
- plus
- pride
- redundant
- reserve
- resplendent
- ribbon
- rich
- rococo
- ruffle
- scroll
- sequin
- showy
- spangle
- spare
- special
- spiffy
- sumptuous
- superfluity
- superfluous
- supernumerary
- supplemental
- supplementary
- surplus
- thing
- tinsel
- tip
- tooling
- treasure
- trim
- trimming
- trinket
- tuck
- unnecessary
- unneeded
- unused
- unusual
- wreath
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