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synonyms for finery

  • apparel
  • regalia
  • caparison
  • decoration
  • formals
  • frippery
  • gear
  • splendor
  • suit
  • trimmings
  • trinkets
  • Sunday best trappings
  • bib and tucker
  • fancy dress
  • full dress
On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to finery, such as: apparel, regalia, caparison, decoration, formals, and frippery.

antonyms for finery

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  • rags
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How to use finery in a sentence

Instead, she met her end defiantly, dressing in her finery and applying kohl to her eyes while awaiting her murderers.
THE BIBLE CREATED A BLUEPRINT FOR VILIFYING POWERFUL WOMEN LEADERSSHELLEY PUHAKMARCH 1, 2022TIME
My character navigates through a royal court that she doesn’t belong to, and there’s the threat of violence at every turn amid all this pomp, ceremony and finery—her biggest struggle is just to stay alive.
HOW MARLON JAMES IS REWRITING THE RULES OF FANTASY FICTIONELIJAH WOLFSONFEBRUARY 15, 2022TIME
Frances Conroy’s romance novelist is something between Magenta from Rocky Horror and Bridezilla with all the dazzling finery of a Drag Race contestant.
‘AMERICAN HORROR STORY: DOUBLE FEATURE’ GIVES US THE GLORIOUS GIFT OF SARAH PAULSON’S ‘TUBERCULOSIS KAREN’LAURA BRADLEYAUGUST 26, 2021THE DAILY BEAST
There was no finery in her wardrobe, a few neat cotton gowns for summer wear, and homespun for the winter—that was all.
THE WORLD BEFORE THEMSUSANNA MOODIE
Most of the farmers wore linen dusters and broad straw hats, but their women had put on all their finery.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
The females of these people were very ragged and dirty, and at the same time loaded with finery.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFER
There it appears among the rugged doggrel, a piece of continental finery stitched into the homely Saxon garb.
A CURSORY HISTORY OF SWEARINGJULIAN SHARMAN
And what with the wedding which mamma always insists upon, and the bridal finery she bestows, the burden is redoubled.
A FORTUNE HUNTER; OR, THE OLD STONE CORRALJOHN DUNLOE CARTERET
They were all clad in their native finery, seemingly hearty and well fed, and each as arrogant as a king.
THE WAY OF A MANEMERSON HOUGH
Lear, or rather the actor who plays Lear's part, adds that there is no need for a lady's finery, which does not keep her warm.
TOLSTOY ON SHAKESPEARELEO TOLSTOY
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO FINERY

  • apparel
  • attire
  • drapes
  • dress
  • duds
  • finery
  • full dress
  • garb
  • garments
  • getup
  • rig
  • threads
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