Definitions of embellish [ɛmˈbɛl ɪʃ]
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1. (v.t.) embellish
to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; adorn.
2. embellish
to enhance with elaborative additions.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < AF, MF embeliss- )
Definition of 'embellish'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb) embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
add details to
2. (verb) deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
be beautiful to look at
"Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
3. (verb) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
"Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
4. (verb) fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
make more beautiful
Definition of 'embellish'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb) embellish
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
Sense: to increase the interest of (a story etc ) by adding (untrue) details
The soldier embellished the story of his escape.
Afrikaans: verfraai
Arabic: يُنَمِّق، يَزيد التّفاصيل
Bulgarian: разкрасявам
Brazilian: enfeitar
Czech: přikrášlit
German: ausschmücken
Danish: pynte på; brodere på
Greek: διανθίζω, ωραιοποιώ
Spanish: adornar
Estonian: ilustama
Farsi: آب و تاب دادن؛ دستکاری کر
Finnish: koristella
French: enjoliver
Hebrew: לְיַפּוֹת
Hindi: संवारना
Croatian: uljepšati
Hungarian: kiszínez (elbeszélést)
Indonesian: menambah-nambahi
Icelandic: skreyta,ÿkja
Italian: abbellire
Japanese: じゅん色する
Korean: 재미있게 꾸미다
Lithuanian: pagražinti
Latvian: izpušķot (stāstījumu)
Malay: menokok tambah
Dutch: verfraaien
Norwegian: forskjønne, pynte på
Polish: upiększyć
Persian: آب و تاب دادن؛ دستکاری کر
Pashto: سينګارول، مصور كول
Portuguese: enfeitar
Romanian: a romanţa
Russian: приукрашивать
Slovak: prikrášliť
Slovenian: olepšati
Serbian: ulepšati
Swedish: försköna, bätttra på
Thai: เพิ่มรายละเอียด
Turkish: ilginçleştirmek, süsleyip
Taiwanese: 渲染(故事等)
Ukrainian: прикрашати
Urdu: حاشیہ آرائی کرنا
Vietnamese: thêm thắt
Chinese: 给(叙事、文章)添加细节,润色
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