1. bedeck To embellish is to brighten and enliven by adding something that is not necessarily or very closely connected with that to which it is added; to illustrate is to add something so far like in kind Synonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, garnish, illustrate, bedeck, embellish, gild, ornament, deck Antonyms: deface, deform, disfigure, mar, spoil