embellish
to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
to enhance (a statement or narrative) with fictitious additions.
Origin of embellish
1Other words for embellish
Other words from embellish
- em·bel·lish·er, noun
- non·em·bel·lished, adjective
- non·em·bel·lish·ing, adjective
- o·ver·em·bel·lish, verb (used with object)
- re·em·bel·lish, verb (used with object)
- un·em·bel·lished, adjective
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How to use embellish in a sentence
Day of the Dead parades follow a cross-cultural flow, embellishing Halloween stylizations of the dancing skeleton.
Without the choreographed truth-embellishing dance found in his published work, the truth emerges.
Orwell’s Lies: His Diaries Reveal Problems with the Truth | Jimmy So | August 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAnderson Cooper recently dedicated a long CNN segment to debunking allegations that Dayem was embellishing his reports.
“He was embellishing,” Mani said, during an interview last week.
A shared tendency with his subjects toward embellishing things.
Castalia lacked the Ancram gift of embellishing disadvantageous circumstances.
A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) | Frances Eleanor TrollopeI have two reasons for embellishing this little volume with your distinguished and honored name.
Letters from the Alleghany Mountains | Charles LanmanHis favorite occupation consisted in embellishing his rhetoric with all the proprieties of gesticulation and utterance.
Wieland; or The Transformation | Charles Brockden BrownThe gay bonnets and brilliant dresses threw a varied and picturesque beauty over the scene, softening and embellishing it.
The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 | Daniel WebsterEnamoured with the peace and rest that brooded over the place, he went on year by year enlarging and embellishing it.
British Dictionary definitions for embellish
/ (ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ) /
to improve or beautify by adding detail or ornament; adorn
to make (a story) more interesting by adding detail
to provide (a melody, part, etc) with ornaments: See ornament (def. 5)
Origin of embellish
1Derived forms of embellish
- embellisher, noun
- embellishment, noun
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