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embellishverb to add to the interest of by including made-up detailsthe story of the comic marriage proposal was embellished as it passed from one generation to the next in the family color, elaborate (on), embroider, exaggerate, hyperbolize, magnify, pad, stretch dress up, gussy upamplify, enhance, enlarge (on or upon), expand, flesh (out)fudge, hedgeoverdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overplay, overstateemphasize, play up, stresscaricaturesatirize belittle, minimize, play down, understate to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becomingthe walls of the French restaurant are embellished with scenes of Parisian life adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, caparison, deck, decorate, do, do up, doll up, drape, dress, emblaze, emboss, enrich, fancify, fancy up, festoon, garnish, glitz (up), grace, gussy up, ornament, pretty (up), trim accessorize, dress up, trap, trick (out)brighten, freshen, smarten, spruce (up)boss, chasebraid, embroider, feather, figure, filigree, fillet, flounce, frill, fringe, furbelow, garland, hang, lace, ribbon, swag, wreatheappliqué, gild, paintdiamond, gem, impearl, jewel, pearlredecorate, redo blemish, deface, disfigure, mar, scar, spoil simplify, streamlinebare, denude, dismantle, display, divest, expose, reveal, strip, uncoveruglify adorn, decorate, ornament, embellish, beautify, deck, garnish mean to enhance the appearance of something by adding something unessential.adorn implies an enhancing by something beautiful in itself.a diamond necklace adorned her neck decorate suggests relieving plainness or monotony by adding beauty of color or design.decorate a birthday cake ornament and embellish imply the adding of something extraneous, ornament stressing the heightening or setting off of the originala white house ornamented with green shutters , embellish often stressing the adding of superfluous or adventitious ornament.embellish a page with floral borders beautify adds to embellish a suggestion of counterbalancing plainness or ugliness.will beautify the grounds with flower beds deck implies the addition of something that contributes to gaiety, splendor, or showiness.a house all decked out for Christmas garnish suggests decorating with a small final touch and is used especially in referring to the serving of food.an entrée garnished with parsley in the 14th century |