Antonyms for bedizen
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bih-dahy-zuh n, -diz-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈdaɪ zən, -ˈdɪz ən |
Definition of bedizen
Origin :- 1660s, from be- + dizen "to dress" (1610s), especially, from late 18c., "to dress finely, adorn," originally "to dress (a distaff) for spinning" (1520s), and evidently the verbal form of the first element in distaff.
- It is remarkable that neither the vb., nor the sb. as a separate word, has been found in OE. or ME., and that on the other hand no vb. corresponding to dizen is known in L.G. or Du. [OED]
- As in ornament : verb decorate
- As in clothe : verb cover with apparel
- As in decorate : verb beautify, embellish
- When I was young they died for that with which they now bedizen themselves.'
- Extract from : « Hypatia » by Charles Kingsley
- If Julia Cunningham chooses to bedizen herself in it, she is welcome to it—flounces and all.
- Extract from : « At Last » by Marion Harland
- Prithee, young one, who art thou, and what has ailed thy mother to bedizen thee in this strange fashion?
- Extract from : « The Scarlet Letter » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- A refined woman will always look neat; but, on the other hand, she will not bedizen and bedeck herself with a view to display.
- Extract from : « How to be Happy Though Married » by E. J. Hardy.
- I will so bedizen your virile, though somewhat crassly practical gifts—— Why, women are my long suit.
- Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis
- I don't know what sort of a way you'd bedizen yourself out if I'd let you, I'm sure.
- Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- We shall have plenty of time if this prince takes as long to bedizen himself as he used to do.
- Extract from : « Lord Montagu's Page » by G. P. R. James
- The French chamarrer, to deck out, or bedizen, is said to be a word of kindred origin.
- Extract from : « The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] » by George Borrow
- Is not your body a far more beautiful and nobler thing than all the gay clothes with which you can bedizen it?
- Extract from : « Sermons for the Times » by Charles Kingsley
- I'st teach yo to burn three candles down awbut to nothink 'at yo may bedizen yorsel in this way.
- Extract from : « The History of David Grieve » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Synonyms for bedizen
- accouter
- add finishing touches
- adorn
- apparel
- array
- attire
- beautify
- bedeck
- bedizen
- bedrape
- breech
- brighten
- bundle up
- burnish
- caparison
- cloak
- coat
- color
- costume
- dandify
- deck
- disguise
- dizen
- do up
- drape
- dress
- dress out
- dress up
- dud
- embellish
- embroider
- endow
- endue
- enhance
- enrich
- enwrap
- equip
- festoon
- finish
- fit
- fit out
- fix up
- frill
- furbish
- garb
- garnish
- gild
- gown
- grace
- guise
- gussy up
- habilitate
- habit
- idealize
- illuminate
- invest
- jacket
- jazz up
- livery
- mantle
- ornament
- ornamentalize
- outfit
- paint
- perfect
- polish
- prank
- prettify
- primp
- prink
- raiment
- renovate
- rig
- robe
- smarten
- spruce
- spruce up
- suit up
- swaddle
- swathe
- tog
- trim
- turn out
- vest
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