noun
- Excessive or gaudy ornamentation; showy decoration or adornment.
Usage: Often used critically to describe overly elaborate or tasteless embellishment.
Examples
- The ballroom's bedizenment of gold leaf and crystal chandeliers struck some guests as excessive.
- She criticized the bedizenment of the costume, preferring a more elegant design.
- The old theater's bedizenment had faded over the decades, revealing the plainer walls beneath.
- His outfit was a bedizenment of sequins and rhinestones that drew every eye.
- The architect rejected the bedizenment proposed by the interior designer in favor of clean lines.