em·bel·lish ( m-bl  sh)tr.v. em·bel·lished, em·bel·lish·ing, em·bel·lish·es 1. To make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate. 2. To add ornamental or fictitious details to: a fanciful account that embellishes the true story. [Middle English embelishen, from Old French embellir, embelliss- : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + bel, beautiful (from Latin bellus; see deu-2 in Indo-European roots).] em·bel lish·er n. |
embellish [ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ]
vb (tr)
1. to improve or beautify by adding detail or ornament; adorn
2. to make (a story) more interesting by adding detail
3. (Music, other) to provide (a melody, part, etc.) with ornaments See ornament [5]
[from Old French embelir, from bel beautiful, from Latin bellus]
embellisher n
embellishment n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Verb | 1. | embellish - add details to glorify - cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building" exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" |
| 2. |  embellish - be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" ornament - be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree" | |
| 3. | embellish - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" wreathe - decorate or deck with wreaths; "wreathe the grave site" braid - decorate with braids or ribbons; "braid a collar" stick - cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it" illustrate - supply with illustrations; "illustrate a book with drawings" garland - adorn with bands of flowers or leaves; "They garlanded the statue" foliate - decorate with leaves flag - decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the holiday" bard, barde, caparison, dress up - put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion" bead - decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown" pipe - trim with piping; "pipe the skirt" applique - sew on as a decoration gild the lily, paint the lily - adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful) vermiculate - decorate with wavy or winding lines smock - embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally; "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts" hang - decorate or furnish with something suspended; "Hang wallpaper" prank - dress or decorate showily or gaudily; "Roses were pranking the lawn" tinsel - adorn with tinsel; "snow flakes tinseled the trees" tart up - decorate in a cheap and flashy way; "the small-town bar was all tarted up" stucco - decorate with stucco work; "stuccoed ceilings" redecorate - redo the decoration of an apartment or house panel - decorate with panels; "panel the walls with wood" scallop - decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped skirt" bedizen - decorate tastelessly dress ship - decorate a ship with flags trim - decorate, as with ornaments; "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window" festoon - decorate with strings of flowers; "The public buildings were festooned for the holiday" enamel - coat, inlay, or surface with enamel inlay - decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal lacquer - coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China" illuminate - add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts) fringe - adorn with a fringe; "The weaver fringed the scarf" fret - decorate with an interlaced design landscape - embellish with plants; "Let's landscape the yard" ornament - be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree" | |
| 4. | embellish - make more beautiful ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" window-dress, dress up - make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth" slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, titivate, tittivate - make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child" |
embellish
Translations
embellish [ɪmˈbelɪʃ] VT (= decorate) → embellecer (with con) (fig) [+ story, truth] → adornar (with con)
embellish
embellish [ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ] vt to embellish (with) (decorate) → abbellire (con) (fig) (story, truth) → infiorettare (con)
embellish [ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ] vt to embellish (with) (decorate) → abbellire (con) (fig) (story, truth) → infiorettare (con)
embellish [ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ] vt to embellish (with) (decorate) → abbellire (con) (fig) (story, truth) → infiorettare (con)
v embellish [imˈbeliʃ]
1 to increase the interest of (a story etc) by adding (untrue) details The soldier embellished the story of his escape. verfraai يُنَمِّق، يَزيد التّفاصيل للإثارَه разкрасявам přikrášlit pynte på; brodere på ausschmücken διανθίζω, ωραιοποιώ adornar ilustama آب و تاب دادن؛ دستکاری کردن koristella enjoliver לְיַפּוֹת संवारना uljepšati kiszínez (elbeszélést) menambah-nambahi skreyta, ÿkja abbellire じゅん色する 재미있게 꾸미다 pagražinti izpušķot (stāstījumu) menokok tambah verfraaien forskjønne, pynte på upiększyć enfeitar a romanţa приукрашивать prikrášliť olepšati ulepšati försköna, bätttra på เพิ่มรายละเอียด ilginçleştirmek, süsleyip püslemek 為(敘事、文章)添加細節 прикрашати حاشیہ آرائی کرنا thêm thắt 给（叙事、文章）添加细节
2 to make beautiful with ornaments etc uniform embellished with gold braid. opsier, mooi maak يُزَيِّن، يُزَخْرِف украсявам ozdobit udsmykke; forskønne verzieren στολίζω embellecer, adornar kaunistama تزئین کردن؛ آراستن koristella orner (de) לְקָשֶט सजाना-संवारना ukrasiti díszít memperindah skreyta ornare 飾る 장식하다 papuošti izrotāt; izgreznot memperindah verfraaien pynte opp, utsmykke ozdobić, upiększyć embelezado a împodobi (cu) украшать ozdobiť okrasiti ukrasiti smycka, pryda ประดับ süslemek 裝飾 прикрашати تزئین کرنا tô điểm 装饰
n emˈbellishment
verfraaiing, opsiering تَزْيين، زَخْرَفَه، تَنْميق украсяване ozdoba udsmykning die Verschönerung, die Ausschmückung διακοσμητικό στοιχείο, ωραιοποίηση adorno kaunistus تزئین؛ آب و تاب koristus ornement יִפוּי, קִישוּט सजावट uljepšanje (fel)díszítés hiasan skraut; skreytni, ÿkjur abbellimento, ornamento 飾り 장식 pagražinimas, papuošimas (stāstījuma) izpušķojums; rotājums; izgreznojums penghiasan verfraaiing forskjønnelse, utsmykking upiększenie embelezamento ornament приукрашивание; украшение ozdoba okras(itev) ulepšanje förskönande, utsmyckande การเพิ่มการตกแต่ง süsleme 裝飾 прикрашання تزئین sự thêm thắt; tô điểm 装饰
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