About The Word Embellish

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Embellish

Embellish Meaning & Definition
Embellish Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Embellish?

[v] make more beautiful
[v] add details to
[v] make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
[v] be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Embellish: adorn | adorn | aggrandise | aggrandize | beautify | beautify | beautify | blow up | deck | decorate | decorate | dramatise | dramatize | embroider | grace | grace | lard | ornament | pad | prettify

Related Terms | Find terms related to Embellish: adorn | apparel | array | beautify | bedeck | bedizen | belie | blazon | camouflage | caparison | color | convolute | cultivate | dandify | deck | deck out | decorate | develop | disguise | distort | dizen | doll up | dress | dress up | elaborate | emblazon | embroider | enhance | enrich | evolve | exaggerate | falsify | festoon | fig out | finish | fix up | flourish | fudge | furbish | furbish up | garble | garnish | gild | gild the lily | gloss | gloss over | grace | gussy up | improve | involve | load with ornament | magnify | mask | mature | miscite | miscolor | misquote | misreport | misrepresent | misstate | ornament | overcharge | overdo | overdraw | overlay | overload | overpaint | overstate | pad | paint | perfect | pervert | polish | prank | prank up | preen | prettify | primp | primp up | prink | prink up | redecorate | redo | refine | refurbish | ripen | season | set off | set out | slant | smarten | smarten up | spruce up | strain | titivate | trick out | trick up | trim | twist | understate | varnish | warp | whitewash

See Also | alter | ameliorate | amend | amplify | applique | bard | be | bead | become | bedeck | bedight | bedizen | begild | bejewel | beset | bespangle | better | blazon | braid | broider | caparison | change | color | colour | curry | deck | dress | dress | dress ship | dress up | dress up | emblazon | embroider | enamel | encrust | engild | exaggerate | festoon | filet | fillet | flag | fledge | flight | foliate | fret | fringe | garland | garnish | gild | glaze | glorify | groom | hang | hyerbolise | hyperbolize | illuminate | illustrate | improve | incrust | inlay | jewel | lacquer | landscape | magnify | meliorate | neaten | ornament | overdraw | overstate | panel | pipe | polish | prank | redecorate | scallop | shine | slick up | smarten up | smock | smooth | smoothen | spangle | spiff up | spruce | spruce up | stucco | suit | tart up | tinsel | titivate | tittivate | trim | vermiculate | window-dress | wreathe

Embellish In Webster's Dictionary

\Em*bel"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embellished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embellishing}.] [OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F. embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See {Beauty}.] To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors. Syn: To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish; enrich; ornament; illustrate. See {Adorn}.

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