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embellish::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embroider, lard, pad |
| Type of | hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, exaggerate, magnify, overdraw, hyperbolise |
| Has types | glorify |
| Derivation | embellishment |
embellish::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | adorn, beautify, decorate, grace, ornament |
| Type of | alter, change, modify |
| Has types | braid, broider, caparison, color, colour, deck, dress, dress ship, dress up, emblazon, embroider, enamel, encrust, engild, festoon, filet, fillet, flag, fledge, flight, foliate, fret, fringe, garland, garnish, gild, gild the lily, prank, applique, bard, barde, bead, bedeck, bedight, bedizen, begild, bejewel, beset, bespangle, blazon, hang, illuminate, illustrate, incrust, inlay, jewel, lacquer, landscape, paint the lily, panel, pipe, redecorate, scallop, smock, spangle, stick, stucco, tart up, tinsel, trim, vermiculate, wreathe |
| Verb group | ornament |
| Derivation | embellishment |
Examples of embellish
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They can offer tips on how to create effects or embellish what you already have.
From the sltrib.com
Singers of Rossini's day were given enormous liberty to embellish melodic lines.
From the nytimes.com
Subjects even go on to embellish these fictitious events with their own details.
From the newscientist.com
What's your favorite thing to embellish that couples might tend to glance over?
From the omaha.com
Roddick has reached the stage of desperation if he wants to embellish his legacy.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
The journalists who embellish their stories get more coverage and more rewards.
From the economist.com
Others are grandmas hoping to document or embellish some bit of personal history.
From the nytimes.com
You might even embellish the burlap with pretty flourishes like fake butterflies.
From the denverpost.com
This creates the need to continue the lie and perhaps embellish it in the future.
From the forbes.com
- Embroider: add details to
- Deck: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
- Decorate: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
- Fancify: make more beautiful
- (embellishment) elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"
- (embellishment) a superfluous ornament
- In sewing and crafts an embellishment is anything that adds design interest to the piece.
- To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate; To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality, to distort
- (embellishment) An unnecessarily added touch, an ornamental addition, a flourish
