as in adorned
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
for Valentine's Day the dance hall was festooned with a riot of red hearts and bow-wielding cupids
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Recent Examples of festooned
So a pizza oven became a metal recycling center; a noodle bar was festooned wth colorful fiber-optic cables; a sunglasses kiosk became a rewiring station, while a juice bar became a charging station.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2025
It’s smartly written, festooned with quirky business, farcical situations, droll asides.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
As the audience cheers, two dancers help put a guayabera festooned with palm trees on Smith.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter walked the red carpet at the 2025 Grammys in a baby blue JW Anderson dress festooned with ostrich feathers.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
The spaghetti strap gown was festooned with floral appliqués that trailed down her full ball skirt.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2025
Stock gets its name from its flowers, festooned tightly around the stalk that bears them, suggesting the familiar clerical collar known as a bib stock.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2025
The clip features Aldean performing in front of a courthouse festooned with an American flag; the performance footage is interspersed with images of burning flags and protesters clashing with police and robbing a convenience store.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2025
Pigs were slaughtered in his honor, he was festooned with floral garlands, and hundreds young and old thronged the dirt streets to catch a glimpse of the conquering warrior’s return.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 15 Mar. 2025
It’s smartly written, festooned with quirky business, farcical situations, droll asides.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
As the audience cheers, two dancers help put a guayabera festooned with palm trees on Smith.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2025
Sabrina Carpenter walked the red carpet at the 2025 Grammys in a baby blue JW Anderson dress festooned with ostrich feathers.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
The spaghetti strap gown was festooned with floral appliqués that trailed down her full ball skirt.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2025
Stock gets its name from its flowers, festooned tightly around the stalk that bears them, suggesting the familiar clerical collar known as a bib stock.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2025
The clip features Aldean performing in front of a courthouse festooned with an American flag; the performance footage is interspersed with images of burning flags and protesters clashing with police and robbing a convenience store.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2025
Pigs were slaughtered in his honor, he was festooned with floral garlands, and hundreds young and old thronged the dirt streets to catch a glimpse of the conquering warrior’s return.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for festooned
Verb
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Enter the front door into the living room adorned by a wood-burning fireplace and tall ceilings.—
Karen A. Avitabile,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025
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Her pose, casual yet taut, exudes a sense of urgency and purpose, with one hand in a pocket and the other adorned with a stupendous diamond ring and an elegant gold bangle.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The latest continues the super-clean and minimalist design but in a stone blue dial decorated in guilloché and a Grain d’Orge (barley grain) motif.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
30 Mar. 2025
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Many were richly decorated with coral and colored glass.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Boxwood is covered in burlap and snow fence is draped around trees and shrubs to prevent deer from devouring them.—
Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Another is draped in what appears to be a long, black, crushed-vinyl overcoat.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Festooned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/festooned. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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