All frill synonyms
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F f noun frill
- frippery β finery in dress, especially when showy, gaudy, or the like.
- gathering β a drawing together; contraction.
- flounce β to go with impatient or impetuous, exaggerated movements: The star flounced out of the studio in a rage.
- ruffle β to beat (a drum) in this manner.
- lace β a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- garbage β discarded animal and vegetable matter, as from a kitchen; refuse.
- tuck β to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet.
- jazz β music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
- amenity β Amenities are things such as shopping centres or sports facilities that are provided for people's convenience, enjoyment, or comfort.
- decoration β The decoration of a room is its furniture, wallpaper, and ornaments.
- thing β (in Scandinavian countries) a public meeting or assembly, especially a legislative assembly or a court of law.
- superfluity β the state of being superfluous.
- doodad β a decorative embellishment; trinket; bauble: a dress covered with doodads.
- gimcrack β a showy, useless trifle; gewgaw.
- garnish β to provide or supply with something ornamental; adorn; decorate.
- fuss β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- gingerbread β a type of cake flavored with ginger and molasses.
- trimming β the condition, order, or fitness of a person or thing for action, work, use, etc.
- edging β a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- ruche β a strip of pleated lace, net, muslin, or other material for trimming or finishing a dress, as at the collar or sleeves.
- luxury β a material object, service, etc., conducive to sumptuous living, usually a delicacy, elegance, or refinement of living rather than a necessity: Gold cufflinks were a luxury not allowed for in his budget.
- extravagance β Lack of restraint in spending money or use of resources.
- extra β Added to an existing or usual amount or number.
- add-on β a device or unit added to equipment or a construction: an add-on to a computer; a nice add-on to an old house.
- embellishment β A decorative detail or feature added to something to make it more attractive.
- accompaniment β The accompaniment to a song or tune is the music that is played at the same time as it and forms a background to it.
- addition β An addition to something is a thing which is added to it.
- gimmick β an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal.
- fandangle β elaborate ornament
- foppery β the clothes, manners, actions, etc., of a fop.
verb frill
- bedizen β to dress or decorate gaudily or tastelessly
- gussy up β to enhance the attractiveness of in a gimmicky, showy manner (usually followed by up): a room gussied up with mirrors and lights.
- bedizened β Dressed up or decorated gaudily.
- jazz up β music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
- decorate β If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- gussied up β dressed in a showy way