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Definition of Embellish
1. Verb. Add details to. "They won't embellish the story "
Specialized synonyms: Glorify
Generic synonyms: Amplify, Exaggerate, Hyperbolise, Hyperbolize, Magnify, Overdraw, Overstate
Derivative terms: Aggrandisement, Aggrandizement, Drama, Embellishment, Embroidery
2. Verb. Be beautiful to look at. "Holly flowers embellish the halls"; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
Generic synonyms: Be
Specialized synonyms: Ornament
Derivative terms: Adornment, Beautification, Beauty, Decoration, Decoration, Decorative, Grace
3. Verb. Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.. "They embellish the halls with holly"; "Beautify yourself for the special day"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Wreathe, Beset, Encrust, Incrust, Braid, Broider, Embroider, Stick, Illustrate, Garland, Fledge, Flight, Bespangle, Spangle, Foliate, Flag, Bard, Barde, Caparison, Dress Up, Bead, Pipe, Applique, Gild The Lily, Paint The Lily, Vermiculate, Smock, Hang, Prank, Tinsel, Tart Up, Stucco, Redecorate, Panel, Bejewel, Jewel, Filet, Fillet, Scallop, Bedizen, Dress Ship, Dress, Garnish, Trim, Trim, Bedeck, Bedight, Deck, Festoon, Enamel, Inlay, Lacquer, Begild, Engild, Gild, Illuminate, Blazon, Emblazon, Color, Colour, Emblazon, Fringe, Fret, Landscape
Related verbs: Ornament
Derivative terms: Adornment, Beautification, Beauty, Decor, Decoration, Decoration, Decorative, Decorator, Embellishment, Grace, Ornament, Ornamentation
4. Verb. Make more beautiful.
Specialized synonyms: Groom, Neaten, Curry, Dress, Groom, Dress Up, Window-dress, Slick Up, Smarten Up, Spiff Up, Spruce, Spruce Up, Titivate, Tittivate, Polish, Shine, Smooth, Smoothen, Become, Suit
Generic synonyms: Ameliorate, Amend, Better, Improve, Meliorate
Derivative terms: Beautification, Beauty
Antonyms: Uglify
Definition of Embellish
1. v. t. 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.
Definition of Embellish
1. Verb. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate. ¹
2. Verb. To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality, to distort. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embellish
1. [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embellish
Literary usage of Embellish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de ( Cervantes Saavedra, Henry Edward Watts (1888)
"... met on his entering his village, with other incidents which embellish and
accredit this great history. ..."
2. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"choir of angels, whose society he will embellish, and where he will distinguish
himself by his powers of song, God shall say to the angels, " Cease, ..."
3. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United by George Edward Cokayne (1893)
"... however extensive and complicated they may be, and embellish same if desired,
with facsimile signatures and coats of arms. MESSRS. WILLIAM POLLARD X CO, ..."
4. Writing of Today: Models of Journalistic Prose by Gerhard Richard Lomer, John William Cunliffe (1915)
"To reproduce the English round ;nfer which is supposed to be the right and pointed
styles with barbarous embellish- w merely by the position of the In ..."
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