embellish | Definition of embellish

Synonyms and Antonyms of embellish

1 to add to the interest of by including made-up details

the story of the comic marriage proposal was embellished as it passed from one generation to the next in the family

Synonyms of embellish

color, elaborate (on), embroider, exaggerate, hyperbolize, magnify, pad, stretch

Words Related to embellish

dress up, gussy up

amplify, enhance, enlarge (on or upon), expand, flesh (out)

overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overplay, overstate

emphasize, play up, stress

Near Antonyms of embellish

belittle, minimize, play down, understate

2 to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming

the walls of the French restaurant are embellished with scenes of Parisian life

Synonyms of embellish

adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, caparison, deck, decorate, do, do up, doll up, drape, dress, emblaze, emboss, enrich, fancify, fancy up, festoon, garnish, glitz (up), grace, gussy up, ornament, pretty (up), trim

Words Related to embellish

accessorize, dress up, trap, trick (out)

brighten, freshen, smarten, spruce (up)

braid, embroider, feather, figure, filigree, fillet, flounce, frill, fringe, furbelow, garland, hang, lace, ribbon, swag, wreathe

appliqué, gild, paint

diamond, gem, impearl, jewel, pearl

redecorate, redo

Near Antonyms of embellish

simplify, streamline

bare, denude, dismantle, display, divest, expose, reveal, strip, uncover

Antonyms of embellish

blemish, deface, disfigure, mar, scar, spoil