embellish
[verb]
Synonyms: decorate, adorn, beautify, elaborate, embroider, enhance, enrich, festoon, ornament

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Contrasted words: bare, denude, divest, strip
Related Words: apparel, array, doll up, dress up, emblaze, embroider, enrich, furbish

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

em‧bel‧lish /ɪmˈbelɪʃ/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: embelir, from bel 'beautiful']

1. to make something more beautiful by adding decorations to it Synonym : decorate
embellish something with something
The dress was embellished with gold threads.

2. to make a story or statement more interesting by adding details that are not true Synonym : embroider:
She gave an embellished account of what had happened.
—embellishment noun [uncountable and countable]

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