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Definitions: Bedizen |
BedizenVerb1. Decorate tastelessly. 2. Dress up garishly and tastelessly. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: BedizenSynonym: dizen (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ornament | Garnish, trim, dizen, bedizen, prink, prank; trick out, fig out; deck, bedeck, dight, bedight, array; begawd, titivate; dress, dress up; spangle, bespangle, powder; embroider, work; chase, emboss, fret, emblazon; illuminate; illustrate. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "bedizen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zbukuroj (adorn, beautify, bedeck, bespangle, bespread, color, colour, deck, decorate, dress, embellish, embroider, festoon, flatter, Flavor, flavour, garnish, gild the pill, glorify, inlay, intersperse, landscape, ornament, pink, prettify, set with, smarten up, stud, touch up, trap, trick out, trim, water down), stolis (adorn, array, deck, decorate, dress, embellish, enchase, ornament, prank, tire, trap, trick up, trim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كسا بغير ذوق. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | труфя (primp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vyfintit (smarten up, trick up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | parer. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καταστολίζω. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felcicomáz (dress up, fig, primp, to adorn, to bedeck, to primp, to rig, to rig out, trick up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vestire in modo sgargiante. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edizenbay înzorzona (embroider), încãrca (burden, charge, encumber, glut, heap, inflate, load, load with ball, pack, pile up, prime), împopoţona (jazz up), îmbrãca ţipãtor. (various references) ярко украшать. (various references) engalanar (array, deck, emblazon, festoon, spruce up). (various references) klä ut (disguise, dress up). (various references) süsleyip püslemek (decorate, titivate), allayıp pullamak (embroider, fancy up, gild, rig, tart up). (various references) яскраво прикрашати. (various references) gwychu, addurno (adorn, bedeck, decorate, ornament). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bedizen": bedizened, bedizening, bedizenment, bedizenments, bedizens. (additional references) | |
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"Bedizen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bedie, beiden, Boddien. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "bedizen" (pronounced 'Be*diz"en'): Affrighten, Baken, Barken, Beechen, Bequethen, Birchen, Bolden, Boughten, boxen, Bracken, Breaden, Cheapen, Cheven, Chicken, Closen, Coarsen, Cosen, Crooken, Deafen, Depthen, Dishearten, Disliken, Dissweeten, Dizen, Dolven, Dusken, Earthen, Elmen, Embolden, Encolden, Enharden, Enhearten, Enlengthen, Enleven, Enlighten, Enliven, Enquicken, Enripen, Enwiden, Epen, Faren, Fielden, flaxen, Fleeten, Floren, Flowen, Fordrunken, foreshorten, Foughten, Fraken, freshen, frighten, Furzen, Geten, Gilden, Glassen, Glazen, Gliden, Goen, Gowden, groschen, Grounden, Halfen, harken, Harten, hearten, Heben, heighten, hempen, Henen, Heren, Hoarsen, Hyen, Illighten, Imbolden, Inlighten, laden, Larchen, leaden, Leten, Leven, Lifen, liken, Loren, Lyden, Meeten, Milden, Milken, misshapen, Mixen, Mothen, Moulten, Myselven, Neven, Oaken, Oaten, Ouphen, Outsweeten, Outtaken, Oven, Overharden, Overleaven, Overripen, Owen, Paien, Paten, Payen, Platen, Proven, Querken, Reeden, Requicken, restrengthen, Riden, Righten, Rosen, Rowen, Seten, Sethen, Sewen, Shepen, Shoven, Sithen, Slicken, Slighten, sloven, Smarten, smoothen, Soken, steepen, straiten, Streighten, Sucken, taken, Threaden, tighten, toughen, Turfen, Unbereaven, Underdolven, Unliken, Unloosen, Unmaiden, Unseven, Untighten, Unwashen, Unyolden, Vixen, Warden, Washen, Wepen, Wheaten, Wispen, Witen, Withouten, Wooden, Woxen, Wreaken, Wrythen, Yarnen, Yeven, Yewen, Yolden, Yren, Yuen. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-i-n-z" | |
-2 letters: diene, dizen, zineb. | |
-3 letters: been, bend, bene, bide, bind, bine, bize, dene, deni, dine, eide, need, nide, zein. | |
-4 letters: bed, bee, ben, bid, bin, biz, deb, dee, den, dib, die, din, end, neb, nee, nib, zed, zee, zin. | |
-5 letters: be, bi, de, ed, en, id, in, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-i-n-z" | |
+1 letter: bedizens, ebonized. | |
+2 letters: bedizened, benzenoid, benzidine, nebulized. | |
+3 letters: bedizening, benzidines. | |
+4 letters: bedizenment, decarbonize. | |
+5 letters: bedizenments, decarbonized, decarbonizer, decarbonizes, unverbalized. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 64 69 7A 65 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... . -.. .. --.. . -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01100100 01101001 01111010 01100101 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e d i z e n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 0064 0069 007A 0065 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36717075927180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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