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- pronunciation:
- ihm
be
lihsh
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
embellishes, embellishing, embellished |
| definition 1: |
to improve by, or as though by, decorations; decorate.
The watch face was embellished with diamonds and enamel.- synonyms:
- adorn, decorate, garnish, ornament, trim
- similar words:
- bedizen, elaborate, enrich, festoon, grace
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| definition 2: |
to enhance (a story or the like) with unnecessary or fictitious details.
We always suspected our father embellished the tales of his boyhood, but this made hearing them even more entertaining.- synonyms:
- embroider
- similar words:
- elaborate, exaggerate, magnify
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| related words: |
adorn, bead, color, crown, distort, dress, embroider, enhance, figure, fret, fringe, garnish, gild, illuminate, illustrate, inflate, mold, pattern, pretty, story |
| derivations: |
embellished (adj.), embellisher (n.) |
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