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verb · transitive

bedizen

be·diz·en

bedizen · bedizens · bedizened · bedizening

To dress or ornament, especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless mannerTo dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner.

UK/bɪˈdaɪz(ə)n/US/bɪˈdaɪzən/

Meaning

2 senses

(also, figuratively, literary, transitive)To dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner.
(Northern England, literary, transitive)To make (someone or something) dirty; to bedaub, to besmear, to dirty.

More definitions

dress up garishly and tastelessly
decorate tastelessly

Translations

1 languages

Forms

bedizens, bedizening, bedizened, bedizened

Base form	bedizen · to bedizen
3rd person singular	bedizens
Present participle	bedizening
Past simple	bedizened
Past participle	bedizened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	bedizen
he, she, it	bedizens

Past simpleLesson

all persons

bedizened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have bedizened
he, she, it	has bedizened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will bedizen

Synonyms

54 synonyms

blurB2 contaminateB2 dirtyA1 fileB2 foulB2 soilB1 spotB2 stainB2 bedaub embellish gaud overdecorate bedirty befoul

Close in meaning

dress up garishly and tastelessly:dizen

Word family

5 related words

Relateddize dizen

Derivedbedizened bedizenment bedizenry

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

bedding bede bedfellow bedlam bedraggled bedridden bedrock

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