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
• prettying (up)
• fancifying
• doing
• gussying up
• doing up
• dolling up
• caparisoning
• embroidering
• trapping
• bedizening
• emblazing
• brightening
• accessorizing
• glitzing (up)
• hanging
• garlanding
• fancying up
• smartening
• ribboning
• freshening
• wreathing
• flouncing
• chasing
• braiding
• swagging
• frilling
• tricking (out)
• sprucing (up)
• fringing
• dressing up
• filleting
• bossing
• figuring
• gilding
• feathering
• jeweling
• lacing
• redoing
• appliquéing
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of festooning

An early tour of his estate, provided by the swirling camerawork of Emmanuel Lubezki, reveals a catalogue of crimes against the animal kingdom, with antlers and furs festooning every surface. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Such liquid imagery makes sense for a man who made his name as a post-everything neo-expressionist by painting images onto shattered ceramic plates and festooning his super-sized works with surfboards and antlers. — A.d. Amorosi, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2026

Her floor-skimming train shone like a thousand tiny diamonds, with champagne and silver sequins festooning every inch. — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 7 Mar. 2026

One of the strongest examples of this new trend is French designer Llewellyn Chupin’s Ritual of Adornment collection, which offered a strong contrast between the blocky furniture silhouettes and the delicate ornamentation festooning them. — Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 13 Sep. 2025

At night, the road from Thiruvananthapuram to Kollam seems like one long strip of flashing colored lights festooning shops and restaurants. — Jane Alexander, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Feb. 2024