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See definition of hangings on Dictionary.com
  • as ingallows
  • as intapestry
  • as incurtain
  • as inexecution
  • as inflap

synonyms for hangings

  • gibbet
  • hanging
  • noose
  • potence
  • rope
  • scaffold
  • drapery
  • arras
  • dosser
  • hanging
  • decoration
  • drape
  • drapery
  • screen
  • shade
  • shroud
  • shutter
  • veil
  • blind
  • film
  • hanging
  • jalousie
  • oleo
  • portiere
  • rag
  • roller
  • shield
  • valance
  • Venetian blind
  • beheading
  • crucifixion
  • decapitation
  • electrocution
  • gassing
  • hanging
  • hit
  • impalement
  • punishment
  • shooting
  • strangulation
  • capital punishment
  • contract killing
  • lethal injection
  • necktie party
  • rubout
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On this page you'll find 72 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hangings, such as: gibbet, hanging, noose, potence, rope, and scaffold.
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How to use hangings in a sentence

Your hangings must be of chintz, of pretty chintz, and you will put a cheerful carpet on the floor.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS
The walls were covered with silk and velvet hangings, ornamented with gold fringe, while rich carpets were spread underfoot.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFER
The hangings and furniture were of royal crimson brocade, and the walls were covered with books.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
In this climate hangings, whether of paper or silk, are liable to speedy decay from damp and insects.
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAM
There should be no wall paper, curtains, or hangings of any kind in a school or college building.
ESSAYS IN PASTORAL MEDICINEAUSTIN MALLEY
I looked round and saw nothing wanting, from the hangings on the wall to the pile of skins on the high place seats.
A PRINCE OF CORNWALLCHARLES W. WHISTLER
It was at Giffas, its long, stony street strewn with green palms, and its sordid houses gay with flowers and bright hangings.
THE NABOBALPHONSE DAUDET
Within all day long, helping to put up my hangings in my house in my wife's chamber, to my great content.
DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, COMPLETESAMUEL PEPYS
And one I staid to see drew a suit of hangings valued at L430, and they say are well worth the money, or near it.
DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS, COMPLETESAMUEL PEPYS
General Gorgaud slept on a small tent bed with green silk hangings, which Napoleon had had with him in all his campaigns.
NAPOLEON'S YOUNG NEIGHBORHELEN LEAH REED
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
OCTOBER 26, 1985
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