bedecked
past simple and past participle ofbedeck
bedeck
verb[Tusually passive]
literaryuk/bɪˈdek/us/bɪˈdek/todecorateorcover:
Theroomwas bedeckedwithflowers.
Synonym
deck
Decorating or making something attractive
- accessorize
- adorn
- adornment
- beautification
- beautify
- embellish
- flock
- foliated
- garland
- gewgaw
- glam
- ornamentation
- ornate
- over-glamorize
- overdecorate
- overdecoration
- twiddly
- window dressing
- yarn bombing
- zhuzh
Examplesofbedecked
bedecked
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Along the roadway is a low wall occupying the centre of the frontagebedeckedwith large lamps at intervals advertising different motor spirits.
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It is true it has beenbedeckedwith a few pink frills.
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Indeed, there are no more powerful lobbyists than those cloaked in ermine andbedeckedwith coronets.
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Now, we are all covered in scars andbedeckedwith decorations.
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There are all sorts and manner of people who wear grey and blue uniforms, with epaulettesbedeckedwith gold, badges, insignia, and so on.
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She is beautifullybedeckedwith jewellery and garlands of red roses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Bedeckedwith traditional jewellery, their robust frames sustain the strains of the dance for long hours.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Each summer the town centre isbedeckedwith loyalist flags and symbols.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Abedeckedeel with a crown and feathers fittingly dons the town's coat of arms.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The monastery is a huge white buildingbedeckedwith prayer flags.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The comely women wear braided hair, which is braided in bands and twisted round the head andbedeckedwith flowers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The figure isbedeckedwith jewels, although not as many as there were before the robbery in 1975.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On the crowned helm is a red column with an embedded gold mirror,bedeckedwith nine natural peacock feathers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nothing can engage attention unless dressed in all the figments of fancy, and nothing sobedeckedcomes amiss.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After bathing her in the lake, the devas clothed her in heavenly cloths, anointed her with perfumes, andbedeckedher with divine flowers.
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