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Antonyms for adorning

Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-dawrn
Phonetic Transcription : əˈdɔrn

Definition of adorning

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to decorate, embellish," also "be an ornament to," from Old French aorner "to order, arrange, dispose, equip; adorn," from Latin adornare "equip, provide, embellish," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + ornare "prepare, furnish, adorn, fit out," from stem of ordo "order" (see order (n.)). The -d- was reinserted by French scribes 14c., in English from late 15c. Related: Adorned; adorning.
  • verb decorate
Example sentences :
  • What ought to be the principal view of a good wife in adorning her person.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • And yet one must be a woman to feel what I feel to-day, in unveiling and adorning your beauty.
  • Extract from : « The Choice of Life » by Georgette Leblanc
  • Emma cried, and he tried to console her, adorning his protestations with puns.
  • Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
  • Emma wept, and he tried to console her, adorning his protestations with puns.
  • Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
  • There are many doctrines to which this duty of adorning may be made to apply.
  • Extract from : « Standards of Life and Service » by T. H. Howard
  • The women, especially, were careful in adorning and heightening their charms.
  • Extract from : « Captain Canot » by Brantz Mayer
  • The art of adorning linen was practised from the earliest times.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866 » by Various
  • The adorning of themselves was for this express and particular end.
  • Extract from : « Xerxes » by Jacob Abbott
  • The women are in the habit of adorning their faces by tattooing.
  • Extract from : « The Central Eskimo » by Franz Boas
  • Such skill, too, as he shows in designing, and in the adorning of gardens!
  • Extract from : « Palissy the Huguenot Potter » by C. L. Brightwell

Synonyms for adorning

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