'Embellish' definitions:
Definition of 'embellish'
(from WordNet)
verb
Add details to [syn: embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise]
verb
Be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify]
verb
Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" [syn: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify]
verb
Definition of 'Embellish'
From: GCIDE
- Embellish \Em*bel"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embellished; p. pr. & vb. n. Embellishing.] [OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F. embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See Beauty.] 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.
- Syn: To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish; enrich; ornament; illustrate. See Adorn. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'embellish'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adorn,
- apparel,
- array,
- beautify,
- bedeck,
- bedizen,
- belie,
- blazon,
- camouflage,
- caparison,
- color,
- convolute,
- cultivate,
- dandify,
- deck,
- deck out,
- decorate,
- develop,
- disguise,
- distort,
- dizen,
- doll up,
- dress,
- dress up,
- elaborate,
- emblazon,
- embroider,
- enhance,
- enrich,
- evolve,
- exaggerate,
- falsify,
- festoon,
- fig out,
- finish,
- fix up,
- flourish,
- fudge,
- furbish,
- furbish up,
- garble,
- garnish,
- gild,
- gild the lily,
- gloss,
- gloss over,
- grace,
- gussy up,
- improve,
- involve,
- load with ornament,
- magnify,
- mask,
- mature,
- miscite,
- miscolor,
- misquote,
- misreport,
- misrepresent,
- misstate,
- ornament,
- overcharge,
- overdo,
- overdraw,
- overlay,
- overload,
- overpaint,
- overstate,
- pad,
- paint,
- perfect,
- pervert,
- polish,
- prank,
- prank up,
- preen,
- prettify,
- primp,
- primp up,
- prink,
- prink up,
- redecorate,
- redo,
- refine,
- refurbish,
- ripen,
- season,
- set off,
- set out,
- slant,
- smarten,
- smarten up,
- spruce up,
- strain,
- titivate,
- trick out,
- trick up,
- trim,
- twist,
- understate,
- varnish,
- warp,
- whitewash