Synonyms of festooning

festooning

verb

present participle of festoon

as in adorning

to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming

for Valentine's Day the dance hall was festooned with a riot of red hearts and bow-wielding cupids

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adorning
• decorating
• draping
• ornamenting
• trimming
• gracing
• beautifying
• dressing
• embellishing
• garnishing
• bedecking
• painting
• decking
• enriching
• blazoning
• arraying
• embossing
• gussying up
• prettying (up)
• fancifying
• doing
• doing up
• dolling up
• caparisoning
• embroidering
• trapping
• bedizening
• emblazing
• brightening
• accessorizing
• glitzing (up)
• garlanding
• hanging
• fancying up
• smartening
• ribboning
• freshening
• wreathing
• flouncing
• chasing
• braiding
• swagging
• frilling
• tricking (out)
• sprucing (up)
• fringing
• appliquéing
• dressing up
• filleting
• jewelling
• bossing
• figuring
• gilding
• feathering
• jeweling
• lacing
• redoing
• redecorating
• filigreeing
• pearling
• impearling
• gemming
• furbelowing
• diamonding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defacing
• marring
• disfiguring
• spoiling
• displaying
• simplifying
• streamlining
• stripping
• revealing
• scarring
• exposing
• dismantling
• baring
• denuding
• uncovering
• blemishing
• divesting
• uglifying