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DIZEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dizen mean? 

DIZEN (verb)
  The verb DIZEN has 1 sense:

1. dress up garishly and tastelesslyplay

  Familiarity information: DIZEN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DIZEN (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dress up garishly and tastelessly

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

bedizen; dizen

Hypernyms (to "dizen" is one way to...):

attire; deck out; deck up; dress up; fancy up; fig out; fig up; get up; gussy up; overdress; prink; rig out; tog out; tog up; trick out; trick up (put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody


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