What does embellish mean?
Definitions for embellish
ɛmˈbɛl ɪʃem·bel·lish
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Princeton's WordNet
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise(verb)
add details to
deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify(verb)
be beautiful to look at
"Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify(verb)
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
"Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify(verb)
make more beautiful
Wiktionary
embellish(Verb)
To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
Etymology: From embellir.
embellish(Verb)
To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality, to distort.
to embellish a story, the truth
Etymology: From embellir.
Webster Dictionary
Embellish(verb)
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
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Embellish
em-bel′ish, v.t. to make beautiful with ornaments: to decorate: to make graceful: to illustrate pictorially, as a book.—n. Embell′isher.—adv. Embell′ishingly.—n. Embell′ishment, act of embellishing or adorning: decoration: ornament. [Fr. embellir, embellissant—em, in, bel, beau, beautiful.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of embellish in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of embellish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of embellish in a Sentence
Embrace probability. Only mathematicians and fools have a tendency to embellish certainty.
When Fox News ' comes to Republicans asking questions, I think what we need to do is stick to the facts of the case and not allow Mueller time to either pontificate and embellish all the time or embellish things that he may want to embellish, this investigation was not about collusion. It wasn't about obstruction of justice. It was about setting obstruction of justice traps so for the better part of two years they were hoping the President would fall into it.
I like the original movie so I'm aware I don't want to contaminate the nostalgia of the first one, what you want to do is embellish.
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- جمل, زخرفArabic
- разкрасявам, украсявамBulgarian
- ozdobitCzech
- schmücken, ausschmückenGerman
- adornar, embellecerSpanish
- دکوراسیونPersian
- kaunistella, kaunistaaFinnish
- embellirFrench
- maisighIrish
- sgeadaichScottish Gaelic
- szépít, kiszínez, díszítHungarian
- զարդարելArmenian
- beleskarIdo
- impreziosire, agghindare, infronzolare, adornare, abbellire, imbellettareItalian
- לְעַטֵרHebrew
- 飾る, 尾鰭を付けるJapanese
- whakarārakai, maihi, whakarākei, whakarākaiMāori
- verfraaienDutch
- embelezarPortuguese
- achalayQuechua
- приукрашивать, украшатьRussian
- försköna, utsmycka, förfinaSwedish
- güzelleştirmek, süslemekTurkish
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