emblazon

emblazon
Synonyms and related words:
adorn, adulate, advertise, air, apotheosize, apply paint, array, beautify, bedaub, bedeck, bedizen, begild, belaud, bepraise, besmear, blazon, blazon forth, bless, blow up, boast of, brag about, brandish, brush on paint, calcimine, celebrate, coat, color, complexion, cover, cry up, dab, dandify, dangle, daub, deck, deck out, decorate, deep-dye, deify, demonstrate, dip, display, distemper, dizen, doll up, double-dye, dress, dress up, dye, embellish, embroider, enamel, engild, enrich, eulogize, exalt, exhibit, extol, face, fast-dye, fig out, fix up, flash, flatter, flaunt, flourish, fresco, furbish, garnish, gild, glaze, glorify, gloss, grace, grain, gussy up, hero-worship, hold up, hue, idolize, illuminate, imbue, ingrain, japan, lacquer, laud, lay on color, lionize, magnify, make much of, manifest, ornament, overpraise, paint, panegyrize, parade, parget, pay tribute, pigment, porter aux nues, praise, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, prime, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, puff, puff up, put forth, put forward, redecorate, redo, refurbish, salute, set off, set out, shade, shadow, shellac, slop on paint, smarten, smarten up, smear, sport, spruce up, stain, stipple, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, titivate, tone, trick out, trick up, trim, trumpet, trumpet forth, undercoat, varnish, vaunt, wash, wave, whitewash

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Emblazon — Em*bla zon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emblazoned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emblazoning}.] [Pref. em + blazon. Cf. {Emblaze}.] 1. To depict or represent; said of heraldic bearings. See {Blazon}. [1913 Webster] 2. To deck in glaring colors; to set off… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • emblazon — index embellish Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • emblazon — inscribe conspicuously, also extol, 1590s, from EN (Cf. en ) (1) + BLAZON (Cf. blazon) …   Etymology dictionary

  • emblazon — [v] adorn add finishing touches, beautify, brighten, color, deck, decorate, do up*, embellish, fix up, gussy up*, jazz up*, ornament, paint, spruce up; concepts 162,177 …   New thesaurus

  • emblazon — ► VERB 1) (usu. be emblazoned) conspicuously display (a design) on something. 2) depict (a heraldic device) on something …   English terms dictionary

  • emblazon — [em blā′zən, imblā′zən] vt. [ EM (see EN 1) + BLAZON] 1. to decorate or adorn (with coats of arms, etc.) 2. to display brilliantly; decorate with bright colors 3. to spread the fame of; praise; celebrate emblazonment n …   English World dictionary

  • emblazon — transitive verb (emblazoned; emblazoning) Date: 1589 1. a. to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices b. to inscribe (as heraldic bearings) on a surface 2. celebrate, extol < have his…deeds emblazoned by a poet Thomas… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • emblazon — emblazoner, n. /em blay zeuhn/, v.t. 1. to depict, as on an escutcheon in heraldry. 2. to decorate with brilliant colors. 3. to proclaim; celebrate or extol. [1585 95; EM 1 + BLAZON] * * * …   Universalium

  • emblazon — verb a) To adorn with prominent markings. The benefactors image is emblazoned on our memory. b) To inscribe upon …   Wiktionary

  • Emblazon — Her. The description of a coat of *arms. As a verb it means to display armorial bearings, also to decorate something, such as a shield, with arms. Cf. Blazon …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

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