Antonyms for fresco
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : fres-koh |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfrɛs koʊ |
Definition of fresco
Origin :- 1590s, in fresco, literally "in fresh," with a sense of "painted on fresh mortar or plaster," from Italian fresco "cool, fresh," from Proto-Germanic *friskaz (see fresh (adj.1)).
- As in paint : verb apply colored tint, often to make design
- As in color : verb make pigmented; shade
- There, just study that fresco, Moses and the daughters of Jethro.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Surely the world shall know you the first of painters in fresco!
- Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
- In order to see the fresco, I had to get on the top of a loom.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
- That picture he eventually transferred to his fresco, and there—O bitter irony!
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- It was painted on the wall, like a fresco; and how to remove it was the difficulty.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 182, April 23, 1853 » by Various
- With one he went to Siena to assist him in some fresco painting he had to do there.
- Extract from : « Great Artists, Vol 1. » by Jennie Ellis Keysor
- In admixture it may safely be employed, as well as in fresco or enamel.
- Extract from : « Field's Chromatography » by George Field
- Being uninjured by lime, the colour is eligible in fresco and crayons.
- Extract from : « Field's Chromatography » by George Field
- Behind it, on the rounded wall, are faint traces of carving and of fresco.
- Extract from : « The Story of Rouen » by Sir Theodore Andrea Cook
- The fresco by Giotto is much, but the vault it adorns was planned first.
- Extract from : « Ariadne Florentina » by John Ruskin
Synonyms for fresco
- adorn
- blacken
- bloom
- blush
- brush
- burn
- catch a likeness
- chalk
- coat
- color
- compose
- cover
- cover up
- crayon
- crimson
- darken
- daub
- decorate
- delineate
- depict
- design
- draft
- draw
- dye
- embellish
- emblazon
- enamel
- enliven
- figure
- flush
- fresco
- gild
- glaze
- gloss
- gloss over
- illuminate
- imbue
- infuse
- lacquer
- limn
- ornament
- outline
- paint
- picture
- pigment
- pinken
- portray
- put on coats
- redden
- represent
- rouge
- shade
- sketch
- slap on
- slather
- stain
- stipple
- suffuse
- swab
- tinge
- tint
- tone
- touch up
- variegate
- wash
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