emblazon

Adorn with heraldry

To emblazon is to display prominently or decorate boldly, especially with heraldic designs or striking images.

A family crest might be emblazoned on a shield; a logo emblazoned across a T-shirt.

The word suggests conspicuous, often colorful display: Her name was emblazoned on the marquee.

Figuratively, something emblazoned on memory is vividly imprinted there.

decorate

adorn

Add beauty to

inscribe · engrave · embroider · gild · illuminate · paint · inlay · overlay · festoon · trim

heraldry

crest

Highest point or tuft

charge · field · tincture · argent · sable · ordinaries · fess · chevron · bend · saltire

display

proclaim

Declare officially and openly

flaunt · showcase · trumpet · herald · brandish · exhibit · splash · advertise · spotlight · feature

commemorate

honor

High regard, moral dignity

celebrate · immortalize · enshrine · monument · plaque · inscription · legacy · remembrance · recognition · homage

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Opposites
visibility/prominence

emblazonconceal

Keep from being seen

hide · obscure · efface · erase · camouflage

celebration vs. criticism

emblazoncensure

Formal institutional disapproval

condemn · denounce · castigate · lambaste · rebuke

ornamentation/aesthetic treatment

emblazondisfigure

Damage appearance permanently

deface · deform · mar · vandalize · strip

Family

emblazoned, emblazoning, emblazons

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