Thesaurus / furbelow
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synonyms for furbelow
- color
- design
- finery
- ornament
- plaque
- ribbon
- trinket
- wreath
- arabesque
- bauble
- braid
- curlicue
- dingbat
- doodad
- extravagance
- festoon
- filigree
- flounce
- flourish
- fretwork
- frill
- frippery
- fuss
- garbage
- garnish
- gewgaws
- gilt
- gimcracks
- gingerbread
- inlay
- lace
- parquetry
- scroll
- sequin
- spangle
- thing
- tinsel
- trimming
- appliqué
- fandangle
- garniture
- tooling
- ornament
- adornment
- designing
- elaboration
- enhancement
- enrichment
- flounce
- flourish
- frill
- froufrou
- garnish
- illumination
- improvement
- ornamentation
- spangle
- trimming
- beautifying
- bedizenment
- garnishing
- bauble
- bric-a-brac
- curio
- ornament
- souvenir
- trinket
- bagatelle
- curiosity
- embellishment
- frill
- gadget
- miniature
- notion
- novelty
- plaything
- thingamajig
- toy
- trifle
- whatnot
- whimsy
- bibelot
- conversation piece
- objet d'art
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How to use furbelow in a sentence
How ridiculous that one should suffer from want of a frill or a furbelow!
THE GOLDEN CENSERJOHN MCGOVERNI invited that furbelow widow to stay on purpose to spare me this almost tte--tte meeting.
THE VICAR OF WREXHILLMRS [FRANCES] TROLLOPEIt was a hull week afore I could make up my mind to go out of my office, and the sight of a furbelow raly made me sick.
HIGHLIFE IN NEW YORK: A SERIES OF LETTERS TO MR. ZEPHARIAH SLICK,ANN S. STEPHENSI'll tear the furbelow off your clothes, and when you swoon for vexation, you shan't have a penny, to buy a bottle of hartshorn.
THE INCONSTANTGEORGE FARQUHARHer sex was the very essence of her; she had no need to wear it like a furbelow.
THE NEST BUILDERBEATRICE FORBES-ROBERTSON HALEI swore I hadn't four marks a year, and I've my fellowship for telling the furbelow.
CECIL CASTLEMAINE'S GAGE, LADY MARABOUT'S TROUBLES, AND OTHER STORIESOUIDAThere was not a flower or ruche or frill or furbelow or bow about her dress of which he did not make a mental inventory.
MORTOMLEY'S ESTATE, VOL. II (OF 3)CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH LAWSON COWAN RIDDELLAnd, if it were a mere fal-lal, a furbelow of larval coquetry, even that would not surprise me.
THE GLOW-WORM AND OTHER BEETLESJEAN HENRI FABREA furbelow of precious stones, a hat buttoned with a diamond, a brocade waistcoat or petticoat, are standing topics.
THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION, VOL. 10, ISSUE 267, AUGUST 4, 1827VARIOUSThen why, in the name of common sense, did you gaze so earnestly at the furbelow lady herself?
THE WIDOW BARNABYFRANCES TROLLOPEWORDS RELATED TO FURBELOW
- appliqué
- arabesque
- bauble
- braid
- color
- curlicue
- design
- dingbat
- doodad
- extravagance
- fandangle
- festoon
- filigree
- finery
- flounce
- flourish
- fretwork
- frill
- frippery
- furbelow
- fuss
- garbage
- garnish
- garniture
- gewgaws
- gilt
- gimcracks
- gingerbread
- inlay
- lace
- ornament
- parquetry
- plaque
- ribbon
- scroll
- sequin
- spangle
- thing
- tinsel
- tooling
- trimming
- trinket
- wreath
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.