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adorn
Meaning: to decorate or add ornamentation to
adorn in a sentence
How adorn is used in real sentences:
Colorful ribbons and paper lanterns adorned the gymnasium for the spring dance.
The queen's ceremonial robe was adorned with tiny silver beads sewn along every seam.
“Vendors adorned their tables with ribbons and flowers to attract these customers.”
— from the passage The Thursday Exchange
Synonyms for adorn
Other words for adorn — decorate, embellish and beautify — carry the same meaning.
- decorate
- embellish
- beautify
Antonyms of adorn
Words that mean the opposite of adorn:
- strip
- deface
Where it comes from
From Latin adornare 'to equip, embellish'
Memory hook
A-DORN sounds like decorating a door with wreaths.