EMBELLISH: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for EMBELLISH?

Need another word that means the same as “embellish”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “embellish” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Embellish” are: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embroider, lard, pad, beautify, fancify, prettify, adorn, deck, decorate, grace, ornament, dress, dress up, furnish, elaborate, colour, expand on, exaggerate, touch up, gild, catastrophize

Embellish as a Verb

Definitions of "Embellish" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “embellish” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Make (a statement or story) more interesting by adding extra details that are often untrue.
• Make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.
• Add details to.
• Make more beautiful.
• Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
• Be beautiful to look at.

Synonyms of "Embellish" as a verb (26 Words)

adorn	Furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors. Flowers adorned the tables everywhere.
aggrandise	Add details to.
aggrandize	Increase the power, status, or wealth of. An action intended to aggrandize the Frankish dynasty.
beautify	Improve the appearance of. Beautify yourself for the special day.
blow up	Leave; informal or rude.
catastrophize	View or present a situation as considerably worse than it actually is. Traumatic experiences can predispose people to catastrophize.
colour	Change the colour of something by painting dyeing or shading it. The foliage will not colour well if the soil is too rich.
deck	Decorate or adorn brightly or festively. Deck the halls with holly.
decorate	Provide with decoration. The five bedrooms are individually decorated.
dramatise	Add details to.
dramatize	Adapt (a novel) or present (a particular incident) as a play or film. She had a tendency to dramatize things.
dress	Dress in a certain manner. After you dress a dry fly be sure to remove any oil before you make your next cast.
dress up	Put on clothes.
elaborate	Add more detail concerning what has already been said. Many amino acid and peptide hormones are elaborated by neural tissue.
embroider	Add fictitious or exaggerated details to (an account) to make it more interesting. I embroidered flowers on my jeans.
exaggerate	Do something to an excessive degree. Tended to romanticize and exaggerate this gracious Old South imagery.
expand on	Expand the influence of.
fancify	Make more beautiful.
furnish	Supply someone with (something); give (something) to someone. She was able to furnish me with details of the incident.
gild	Decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold. The first rays of the sun were gilding the grassy hillside.
grace	Be beautiful to look at. She had deigned to grace the city of New York with her presence.
lard	Prepare or cook with lard. He larded the joint with garlic and anchovies.
ornament	Make more attractive by adding ornament colour etc. Stars ornamented the Christmas tree.
pad	Put on protective pads in order to play a sport especially cricket. Don t pad out your answer to make it seem impressive.
prettify	Make (someone or something) appear superficially pretty or attractive. Nothing has been done to prettify the site.
touch up	Color lightly.

Usage Examples of "Embellish" as a verb

• Followers often embellish stories about their heroes.
• Blue silk embellished with golden embroidery.

Associations of "Embellish" (30 Words)

adorn	Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. Flowers adorned the tables everywhere.
adornment	A thing which adorns or decorates; an ornament. The necktie is no longer a necessary male adornment.
affectation	A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display. The affectation of a man who measures every word for effect.
aggrandize	Add details to. He hoped to aggrandize himself by dying a hero s death.
bauble	A mock scepter carried by a court jester. People in quest of honours are wasting time and effort to secure baubles.
beaded	Decorated or covered with beads. Beaded chiffon dresses.
beautification	The act of making something more beautiful. The city commissioned the beautification of the tunnel with work by five artists.
beautifully	Very well; excellently. She does sing beautifully.
beautify	Make more beautiful. Another initiative to beautify the environment.
bedeck	Decorate. He led us into a room bedecked with tinsel.
christmas	Period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6.
circlet	Decorated metal band worn around the head.
cockade	A rosette or knot of ribbons worn in a hat as a badge of office, or as part of a livery. The cap bore the traditional cockade in silver blue and red.
deck	A porch that resembles the deck on a ship. Every serious DJ needs a set of decks.
decorate	Confer an award or medal on (a member of the armed forces. He was decorated for outstanding bravery.
decoration	Something used to beautify. Inside there was little decoration.
decorative	Relating to decoration. A decorative artist.
dramatize	Exaggerate the seriousness or importance of (an incident or situation. She had a tendency to dramatize things.
earring	A piece of jewellery worn on the lobe or edge of the ear.
elaborately	With elaboration. It was elaborately spelled out.
finery	Elaborate or showy attire and accessories. Officers in their blue gold and scarlet finery.
gem	Used in names of some brilliantly coloured hummingbirds e g mountain gem. This architectural gem of a palace.
grace	In Greek mythology three beautiful goddesses Aglaia Thalia and Euphrosyne believed to personify and bestow charm grace and beauty. She moved through the water with effortless grace.
jewel	A person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry. Jeweled dresses.
lacing	The laced fastening of a shoe or garment. They struggled with each other s clothing tearing at the lacing.
ornament	Be an ornament to. The composer marked the vocal part with many aspirations accents and other ornaments.
precious	Of high worth or cost. Precious memories.
redecorate	Redo the decoration of an apartment or house. You will have to redecorate the room afterwards.
regalia	Paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office. The Bishop of Florence in full regalia.
ribbon	Extend or move in a long narrow strip like a ribbon. Slice the peppers into ribbons lengthways.