Antonyms for finery


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fahy-nuh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaɪ nə ri


Definition of finery

Origin :
  • 1670s, "showy dress," from fine (adj.) + -ery. Literally, "something that is fine."
  • noun best clothing
Example sentences :
  • The poor Frenchmen looked like peacocks in their dress, but we did not envy them their finery.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The Princess asked her to bring her ball dress and all the rest of her finery.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
  • It is a sin to wear woman's finery; or it breeds sin in women.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • In young girls we observe coquetry and jealousy and the desire for finery.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • Youth, beauty, health, finery and flirtation excite the sexual appetite.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • She knew all sorts of games, and invented all sorts of finery with leaves and shreds of rags.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • At her side rode her brother, a splendid blaze of finery, falcon on wrist.
  • Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Henry said that he did not want to hear any more of Miss Crosbie and her finery.
  • Extract from : « The Fairchild Family » by Mary Martha Sherwood
  • They found the little girl, in all her finery, weeping on the bed.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • But how to get quit of the finery, and the Frenchman, and the britschka?
  • Extract from : « Town Versus Country » by Mary Russell Mitford

Synonyms for finery

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