bedizen
Dress with excess
To bedizen is to dress or decorate gaudily, with excessive ornamentation: The float was bedizened with streamers and tinsel.
The word carries a note of disapproval—what's bedizened is overdone, tacky, trying too hard.
Literary and old-fashioned, it appears most often in descriptions of vulgar opulence or theatrical excess.
Vulgar or slightly sticky
- garishTastelessly showy
- kitschyTastelessly popular or sentimental
- tawdryCheaply ornate and vulgar
- tinselMetallic decorative strips
cheap · chintzy · vulgar · overdone · clashing · fussy · trashy · meretricious
Add decorative elements
- decorateAdd visual enhancements
- ornamentThing that beautifies
- festoonOrnamental hanging chain
- garnishDecorative food topping
deck · array · drape · trim · bedeck · beautify · primp · furbish
Excessively eye-catching
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
- glitzyShowily eye-catching
- splashyOstentatiously eye-catching
- blingyShowily ornate with jewels
swanky · pretentious · pompous · theatrical · grandiose · flaunting · conspicuous · affected
tacky
Vulgar or slightly sticky
tinsel · cheap · chintzy · vulgar · overdone · clashing · fussy · trashy · meretricious · gewgaw
embellish
Add decorative elements
garnish · deck · array · drape · trim · bedeck · beautify · primp · furbish · accouter
showy
Excessively eye-catching
blingy · swanky · pretentious · pompous · theatrical · grandiose · flaunting · conspicuous · affected · over-the-top
lavish
Abundant beyond necessity
elaborate · resplendent · rich · magnificent · splendid · rococo · baroque · gilded · bejeweled · encrusted
bedizensimplify
Make less complex
streamline · understate · minimize · refine · tone down