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- Dictionaryembellish/ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ/
verb
- 1. make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features: "blue silk embellished with golden embroidery" Similar
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EMBELLISH definition: 1. to make something more beautiful by adding something to it: 2. to add or change some details of…. Learn more.
The meaning of EMBELLISH is to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate. How to use embellish in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Embellish.
Embellish definition: to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.. See examples of EMBELLISH used in a sentence.
[VERB noun] Embellish basic covers and curtains with borders, ties and fringing. [VERB noun] Synonyms: decorate, enhance, adorn, dress More Synonyms of embellish. 2. verb. If you embellish a story, you make it more interesting by adding details which may be untrue.
EMBELLISH meaning: 1. to make something more beautiful by adding something to it: 2. to add or change some details of…. Learn more.
Synonyms for EMBELLISH: exaggerate, enhance, pad, embroider, color, expand, hyperbolize, stretch; Antonyms of EMBELLISH: minimize, understate, belittle, play down, disfigure, spoil, scar, simplify.
Definition of embellish verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Embellish often has the positive meaning of adding something to make it more handsome or beautifully decorated. But, while adding bells to something looks great at first, after a couple of hours of bells ringing in the ears, what was meant to embellish and beautify can get annoying.
em·bel·lish. (ĕm-bĕl′ĭsh) tr.v. em·bel·lished, em·bel·lish·ing, em·bel·lish·es. 1. To make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate. 2. To add ornamental or fictitious details to: a fanciful account that embellishes the true story.
EMBELLISH definition: to make something more beautiful or interesting by adding something to it: . Learn more.
