Synonyms for festooned


Grammar : Verb
Spell : fe-stoon
Phonetic Transcription : fɛˈstun


Définition of festooned

Origin :
  • 1620s, from French feston (16c.), from Italian festone, literally "a festive ornament," apparently from festa "celebration, feast," from Vulgar Latin *festa (see feast (n.)). The verb is attested from 1789. Related: Festooned.
  • verb decorate
Example sentences :
  • High up in one corner, festooned with cobwebs, are a couple of shelves.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • Tranter inquired, gazing with amazement round the festooned room.
  • Extract from : « The Crooked House » by Brandon Fleming
  • The trees were festooned with grape-vines, which were laden with the richest clusters of the delicious fruit.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • All were festooned with Rebel flags, and brilliantly lighted.
  • Extract from : « The Red Acorn » by John McElroy
  • The chancel was wreathed and festooned with masses of evergreen.
  • Extract from : « The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • The gentleman's face was festooned with a long, blond mustache.
  • Extract from : « Lady Luck » by Hugh Wiley
  • The dice that had been returned were festooned with misfortune.
  • Extract from : « Lady Luck » by Hugh Wiley
  • Afterward it was festooned on the wall with the flag of the Guerriere.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old Boston » by Amanda Millie Douglas
  • Many of the latter were festooned with wild vines and other climbing plants.
  • Extract from : « The Gorilla Hunters » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • We have festooned it full oft with a big hook and hempen line.
  • Extract from : « The Singing Mouse Stories » by Emerson Hough

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