Definitions for embellish
ɛmˈbɛl ɪʃem·bel·lish

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise(verb)

   add details to

2. deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify(verb)

   be beautiful to look at

   "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"

3. 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"

4. fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify(verb)

   make more beautiful

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. embellish(Verb)

   To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

   The old book cover was embellished with golden letters

2. 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

Origin: From embellir.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

How to pronounce embellish?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of embellish in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of embellish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of embellish in a Sentence

1. Guy Ritchie:

   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.

2. Devin Nunes:

   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.

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