Verb: embellish em'be-lish
- Make appear better or greater (in power, wealth, quality, etc.) than reality
"She tended to embellish her stories with imaginary adventures";
- embroider, pad, lard, aggrandize, aggrandise [Brit], dramatize, dramatise [Brit]
- Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
"embellish the room for the party";
- decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, beautify, fancify
- Serve to decorate and look nice
"Flowers embellished the tables everywhere";
- deck, adorn, decorate, grace, beautify
Derived forms: embellished, embellishes, embellishing
Type of: alter, amplify, be, change, exaggerate, exist, hyperbolise [Brit], hyperbolize, magnify, modify, overdraw, overstate
Encyclopedia: Embellish