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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'embellish'

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1. (verb) embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
add details to
Synonyms: broider, go ballistic, decorate, puff out, detonate, adopt, trudge, have kittens, ornament, slog, embroider, deck, fill out, inflate, puff, lose one's temper, beautify, hit the roof, explode, plod, combust, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, magnify, expand, prettify, amplify, adorn, pad, embellish, lard, fly off the handle, set off, footslog, blow a fuse, enlarge, hit the ceiling, blow up, aggrandise, have a fit, dramatise, tramp, grace, throw a fit, aggrandize, bolster, dramatize, blow one's stack, fancify, puff up

2. (verb) deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
be beautiful to look at
Synonyms: fancify, grace, dramatise, bedeck, ornament, adorn, dump, deck, decorate, clothe, aggrandise, invest, blow up, aggrandize, embroider, dress, lard, coldcock, embellish, prettify, bedight, beautify, floor, knock down, pad, dramatize

3. (verb) decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
Synonyms: fancify, grace, dramatise, ornament, adorn, deck, decorate, clothe, aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, embroider, dress, lard, embellish, prettify, beautify, pad, dramatize, invest

4. (verb) fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
make more beautiful
Synonyms: fancify, grace, dramatise, ornament, adorn, deck, decorate, aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, embroider, embellish, lard, prettify, beautify, pad, dramatize

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'embellish'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. embellish
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

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