adorn

Meaning

Verb

To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

Noun

adornment

Adj

adorned; ornate

Synonyms

decorate

embellish

ornament

beautify

garnish

grace

bedeck

deck

make beautiful

trim

festoon

array

invest

dress

👗

dress up

clothe

doll up

enrich

make up

emblazon

coin

🪙

deck out

outfit

adornment

caparison

celebrate

prepare

elaborate

furnish

apparel

hang

fit out

fix

fix up

flourish

fulfill

garb

gear up

gild

gloss

glossy

honor

illuminate

illustrate

kit

lace

moist

moisten

paint

perfect

perk

polish

🇵🇱

praise

prank

prim

primp

prink

put in order

put on

set

settle

shining

shirk

sidestep

sign

sleek

spangle

steer clear of

stock

supply

tattoo

titivate

tog

turn out

varnish

wear

worship

brighten up

kit out

spiff up

spruce up

tart up

design

kit up

art up

accouter

embrave

accoutre

animate

appoint

armor

armour

attire

avert

avoid

bedew

bedizen

benefit

bespangle

build up

circumvent

cloth

color

decoration

dodge

doll

duck

🦆

elude

embroider

enhance

equip

evade

fatten

feign

figure

finish

fit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈdɔɹn/

Etymology

From Middle English adornen, adournen, from Latin adōrnāre, present active infinitive of adōrnō; from ad + ōrnō (“furnish, embellish”). See adore, ornate. Replaced earlier Middle English aournen (“to adorn”) borrowed from Old French aorner, from the same Latin source.

Sentences

Fretwork is used to adorn furniture and musical instruments .