Home › Words › A › adoniseadoniseadonise · verb — to embellish or adorn, especially in order to improve the appearance of.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom Adonis + -ise.verbTo embellish or adorn, especially in order to improve the appearance of.To enhance one's own appearance.e.g.“Leaving a breath to swell his tradesmen's books, To adonise, to smile, and kill with looks;” — 1820, Peter Bayley, Sketches from St. George's Fields, page 122:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.anorn 71% match — To adorn. vs adonise →adorning 68% match — An adornment. vs adonise →adorn 66% match — To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate. vs adonise →adorningly 66% match — decoratively; using adornments. vs adonise →adornation 66% match — adornment vs adonise →adonean 65% match — Of or pertaining to Adonis. vs adonise →adorner 65% match — One who places adornments; one who adorns. vs adonise →adorned 64% match — Having been decorated or embellished through applied items or alterations (adornments). vs adonise →