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View definitions for adorning

adorning

adjective as in decorative

noun as in dressing

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Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.

A petrified grimace wrinkles the white clay adorning her face.

The images adorning these walls contribute a welcome bout of color to a show dominated by black and white.

Beck takes the stage in blue jeans, sneakers, and a loosened tie adorning his dress shirt.

Mingled in the stew of fabrics were delicate floral prints adorning dresses, pants, and bandaged around bodies.

Jansoulet adorning himself with Jenkins's ribbon might very well have been guilty of illegality.

The adorning of themselves was for this express and particular end.

Thomas, being summoned, proved to be a tall lad possessing an honest and ingratiating smile, adorning a fair and open countenance.

I amused myself in adorning them with all the charms of the sex I had always adored.

He is here, adorning, by a life of severe simplicity and divine benevolence, the doctrine he has espoused.

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On this page you'll find 84 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to adorning, such as: artistic, developmental, advancing, beautifying, beneficial, and broadening.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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