Adorn Synonyms and Antonyms

ə-dôrn
To endow with beauty and elegance by way of a notable addition
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. embellish
  2. decorate
  3. beautify
  4. ornament
  5. grace
  6. enhance
  7. bedeck
  8. deck
  9. set off
  10. dandify
  11. dizen
Antonyms:
  1. deform
  2. disfigure
  3. mar
  4. leave plain
  5. damage
  6. hurt
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Words Related to Adorn

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. beautiful
  2. See syn. study at
  3. festoon
  4. painted-on
  5. gilded
  6. painted
  7. embroider
  8. ornate

Adorn Sentence Examples

  • The civil virtues merely adorn the life, without elevating the soul.

  • Of the many fine public buildings which adorn the city scarcely any date before 1860.

  • He will soon shake all nations and their choicest gifts will be brought to adorn His house.

  • Paintings from his brush adorn the cathedral (which has a fine brick campanile), and others are preserved in the gallery of the town hall.

  • Immense booty was secured, the Venetians obtaining among other treasures the four bronze horses which adorn the facade of St Mark's.

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