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Verb: bedizen  bi'dI-zun
  1. Decorate tastelessly
    "The nouveau riche often bedizen their homes with gaudy ornaments"
     
  2. Dress up garishly and tastelessly
    "She bedizened herself in gaudy jewellery and clashing patterns";
    - dizen [archaic]

Derived forms: bedizened, bedizening, bedizens

Type of: adorn, attire, beautify, decorate, doll up [informal], dress up, embellish, fancify, fancy up [informal], fig out [informal], fig up [informal], get up, grace, gussy up [N. Amer, informal], ornament, rig out, tog out [informal], tog up [informal], trick out, trick up