enwreathed

Circled by garlands

Enwreathed means encircled or surrounded as if by a wreath.

The word appears in literary and poetic contexts to describe something adorned or framed by a ring of material: Her face was enwreathed in curls, The summit stood enwreathed in mist.

The past participle of enwreathe, it suggests decoration or gentle enclosure rather than confinement.

encircled

garlanded

Crowned with blooms

enclosed · enveloped · embraced · coiled · looped · belted · compassed · girt · hemmed · swathed

ceremonial

garlanded

Crowned with blooms

honored · decorated · bedecked · draped · adorned · trimmed · decked · robed · veiled · shrouded

intertwined

braided

Interlaced into rope-like form

entwined · plaited · interlaced · coiled · knotted · tangled · entangled · meshed · interwoven · spiraled

Opposites
adornment/decoration

enwreathedbare

Lacking any covering

unadorned · undecorated · plain · stripped · stark

encirclement/surrounding

enwreathedexposed

Out in open

unwrapped · uncovered · open · unencircled · unveiled

Family

wreath, wreathe, wreathed, wreathing, wreathes

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G