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1. adorn
verb. ['əˈdɔrn'] make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..
Synonyms
- colour
- bespangle
- tinsel
- barde
- embellish
- alter
- gild the lily
- illuminate
- scallop
- dress
- bedight
- applique
- color
- filet
- blazon
- prank
- bejewel
- bedizen
- encrust
- stick
- festoon
- fledge
- illustrate
- change
- incrust
- garnish
- redecorate
- beautify
- enamel
- landscape
- vermiculate
- begild
- caparison
- spangle
- deck
- foliate
- inlay
- trim
- grace
- braid
- bedeck
- emblazon
- flight
- bead
- smock
- lacquer
- fringe
- embroider
- broider
- engild
- jewel
- garland
- pipe
- stucco
- wreathe
- paint the lily
- fret
- decorate
- panel
- beset
- ornament
- hang
- modify
- gild
- tart up
- dress ship
- dress up
- fillet
- flag
Antonyms
Etymology
- aournen (Middle English (1100-1500))
- aorner (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
Rhymes with Adorn
- stillborn
- steinborn
- forsworn
- firstborn
- wellborn
- vanhorne
- vanhorn
- vandorn
- radborne
- lamborn
- forewarn
- unborn
- reborn
- o'diorne
- lowborn
- forlorn
- amborn
- allcorn
- alcorn
- sworn
- sporn
- scorn
- bjorn
- bjoern
- aborn
- zorn
- worn
- warne
- warn
- torn
How do you pronounce adorn?
Pronounce adorn as əˈdɔrn.
US - How to pronounce adorn in American English
UK - How to pronounce adorn in British English
Sentences with adorn
1. Verb, base form
After the first two or three years there should be a beautiful bougainvillea tree to adorn the property.
2. Verb, 3rd person singular present
For the ultimate gift of appreciation, adorn her with jewelry.
3. Preposition or subordinating conjunction
Chrome gargoyle-style eagles adorn the corners of the building's exterior on the 61st floor.
4. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Everyone from the neurosurgeon to the soccer mom adorn their bodies with these permanent pictures.
