Synonyms for furbelow
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fur-buh-loh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɜr bəˌloʊ |
Top 10 synonyms for furbelow Other synonyms for the word furbelow
- accessory
- adornment
- appliqué
- arabesque
- bagatelle
- beautifying
- bedecking
- bedizenment
- bibelot
- braid
- conversation piece
- curiosity
- curl
- curlicue
- decoration
- designing
- device
- dingbat
- doodad
- elaboration
- embellishment
- enhancement
- enrichment
- extravagance
- fandangle
- festoon
- festooning
- filigree
- floss
- flounce
- flourish
- flummery
- fretwork
- frill
- frippery
- furbelow
- fuss
- gadget
- garbage
- garnish
- garnishing
- garniture
- gewgaw
- gewgaws
- gilt
- gimcracks
- gingerbread
- illumination
- improvement
- inlay
- jazz
- lace
- miniature
- notion
- novelty
- objet d'art
- ornamentation
- parquetry
- plaything
- plume
- redecorating
- scroll
- sequin
- showpiece
- souvenir
- spangle
- spiral
- sweep
- thing
- thingamajig
- tinsel
- tooling
- toy
- trapping
- trifle
- trim
- trimming
- trinket
- twist
- whatnot
- whimsy
- wreath
Définition of furbelow
Origin :- c.1700, alteration of falbala, from French falbala (17c., cognate with Provençal farbello), from Italian falda "fold, flap, pleat," from PIE *pel- "to fold." As a verb from 1701.
- As in knickknack : noun trinket; decorative piece
- As in adornment : noun a decoration
- As in decoration : noun beautification, embellishment
- As in decoration : noun particular type of embellishment
- As in flourish : noun curlicue, decoration
- As in garnish : noun embellishment, improvement
- Her sex was the very essence of her; she had no need to wear it like a furbelow.
- Extract from : « The Nest Builder » by Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale
- How ridiculous that one should suffer from want of a frill or a furbelow!
- Extract from : « The Golden Censer » by John McGovern
- A furbelow of precious stones, a hat buttoned with a diamond, a brocade waistcoat or petticoat, are standing topics.
- Extract from : « The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 10, Issue 267, August 4, 1827 » by Various
- Then why, in the name of common sense, did you gaze so earnestly at the furbelow lady herself?
- Extract from : « The Widow Barnaby » by Frances Trollope
- And, if it were a mere fal-lal, a furbelow of larval coquetry, even that would not surprise me.
- Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
- I swore I hadn't four marks a year, and I've my fellowship for telling the furbelow.
- Extract from : « Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories » by Ouida
- There was not a flower or ruche or frill or furbelow or bow about her dress of which he did not make a mental inventory.
- Extract from : « Mortomley's Estate, Vol. II (of 3) » by Charlotte Elizabeth Lawson Cowan Riddell
- I invited that furbelow widow to stay on purpose to spare me this almost tte--tte meeting.
- Extract from : « The Vicar of Wrexhill » by Mrs [Frances] Trollope
- I'll tear the furbelow off your clothes, and when you swoon for vexation, you shan't have a penny, to buy a bottle of hartshorn.
- Extract from : « The Inconstant » by George Farquhar
- It was a hull week afore I could make up my mind to go out of my office, and the sight of a furbelow raly made me sick.
- Extract from : « Highlife in New York: a series of letters to Mr. Zephariah Slick, » by Ann S. Stephens
Antonyms for furbelow
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