Synonyms for bedizen
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Stain — to make (someone or something) dirty; to bedaub, to besmear, to dirty
stain, smear, besmear, sully, befoul, slur, darken, smut, tarnish, smudge, defile, smooch, smouch US, blacken, besmirch, smirch, bedaub dated, bedirty dated, blur dated
2. Trick out — to dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner
trick out informal, deck, decorate, adorn, embellish, gaud, overdecorate, trim, garnish
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner.
- v. 2
To make (someone or something) dirty; to bedaub, to besmear, to dirty.
Related words
- Word family
- bedizened
- Other spellings
- bedisen bedizzen
Forms
- Past participle
- bedizened
e.g. bedizened → stained, smeared, besmeared, sullied…
Example sentences
- smear Will I be tested for chlamydia during my smear test?
- sully I wouldn't want to sully your good name.
- deck Carlos has been building this deck all by himself.
- decorate Tom helped his mother decorate the Christmas tree.
By length
- 4 letters
- deck1, trim1, blur1, slur1, smut1, gaud
- 5 letters
- stain1, smear1, sully2, adorn2, dizen
- 6 letters
- darken2, smudge1, defile, smooch1, befoul, smirch, smouch, bedaub
- 7 letters
- garnish2, tarnish2, blacken2, besmear, bedirty
- 8 letters
- decorate3, besmirch
- 9 letters
- embellish3
- 12 letters
- overdecorate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sully2 = 2 syllables).