bedeck

verb

be·​deck bi-ˈdek 

bē-

bedecked; bedecking; bedecks

transitive verb

1

: to clothe with finery : deck

2

: decorate sense 2

Synonyms

• adorn
• array
• beautify
• bedizen
• blazon
• caparison
• deck
• decorate
• do
• do up
• doll up
• drape
• dress
• embellish
• emblaze
• emboss
• enrich
• fancify
• fancy up
• festoon
• garnish
• glitz (up)
• grace
• gussy up
• ornament
• pretty (up)
• trim

Examples of bedeck in a Sentence

bedecked the house with hundreds of miniature lights for the party

the ladies arrived bedecked in furs

Recent Examples on the Web

Their arrests, along with seven men suspected of being smugglers, took place just blocks from the city’s most expensive homes, where real estate ads boast eight-bedroom, 10-bath mansions bedecked with tennis courts, infinity pools and no bridges to the bay. —Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2025

Nature greeted me with the best welcome soundtrack: waves of silence bedecked with soft trickles from a nearby creek, the cheerful chirps from birds, and leaves rustled by a gentle breeze. —Gabrielle Nicole Pharms, Travel + Leisure, 1 Jan. 2025

Slats of reactive armor, which can thwart armor-piercing charges, bedecked its sloped front end. —C.j. Chivers Robert Fass Krish Seenivasan Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024

Indulge in twenty-four gourmet biscotti bedecked with six decadent flavors. —Nora Colomer, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1565, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bedeck

• aztec
• breakneck
• codec
• exec
• mixtec
• paycheck
• pinchbeck
• recheck
• redneck
• toltec
• beck
• breck

Kids Definition

bedeck

verb

be·​deck bi-ˈdek 

: to dress up with showy things

bedecked in furs and jewels