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verb

past tense of fancify

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fancified
Verb
  • People cautiously trickled back into the French Quarter, live bands resumed playing at their usual corners and mourners stopped by a makeshift memorial adorned with flowers and Mardi Gras beads.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Go for Bold Whether it's painted, papered, and adorned with art, don't just dip your toe in half way.
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • First class on the Qantas Airbus A380 is a showy affair, equipped with high-end champagne and meals, fancy amenity kits, and doting service.
    Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2025
  • There’s an entertainment and information component, too — somewhat like eating at a chef’s table, with showy beverages instead.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Her fingers were decorated with equally showstopping rings.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Every estate has been meticulously restored, decorated and furnished with a unique style and many of the artworks displayed in the homes have been specially commissioned.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet in this production, a couple of these choices seem overwrought, especially since this ensemble of actors is more than equipped to convey the concepts of Williams’ work.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Some fussy aesthetic choices and occasionally overwrought camerawork (cinematography is by Miguel I. Litten-Menz) feel misaligned for the story, taking us out when we should be drawn in.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Such a grandiose vision requires numerous trips between Earth and other worlds, driving the desire for reusability.
    Eric Mack, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Musk has made grandiose claims about the amount of money DOGE has saved the government, but the math has been filled with errors.
    Angrej Singh, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Perhaps no other artist has better succeeded at capturing Rio’s exuberant blend of maximalism and grit.
    Grace Edquist, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Bringing the Huskies to within one, the play ignited an exuberant Gampel Pavilion crowd and the energy contagiously spread as UConn went on a 10-0 run to take its largest lead of the game.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This fresh, modern reimagining of Ang Lee’s 1993 classic by Andrew Ahn follows a group of friends who need to get married for convenience—until family arrives, and the plan spirals into extravagant, chaotic mayhem.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 4 Mar. 2025
  • One of the more extravagant is Maass by chef Ryan Ratino.
    Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Cyrus’s early solo-music career was marked by chaos in both persona and output (remember Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz?); her style oscillated with an ostentatious lack of taste, and her music varied wildly between genres.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The question is whether the Oscars can simultaneously indulge in its usual ostentatious glitz.
    Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Fancified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancified. Accessed 17 Mar. 2025.

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