Synonyms and Antonyms of embellish

synonym (synonym of embellish)

antonym (antonym of embellish)

  • (verb.change)
    uglify
    make ugly (verb.change)
     

hypernym (embellish IS A KIND OF .... relation)

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF embellish relation)

  • add details to (verb.communication)
    glorify
    cause to seem more splendid (verb.change)
     
  • be beautiful to look at (verb.stative)
    ornament
    be an ornament to (verb.stative)
     
  • make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. (verb.creation)
    wreathe
    decorate or deck with wreaths (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    beset, encrust, incrust
    decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    braid
    decorate with braids or ribbons (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    broider, embroider
    decorate with needlework (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    stick
    cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    illustrate
    supply with illustrations (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    garland
    adorn with bands of flowers or leaves (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    fledge, flight
    decorate with feathers (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    bespangle, spangle
    decorate with spangles (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    foliate
    decorate with leaves (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    flag
    decorate with flags (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    bard, barde, caparison, dress up
    put a caparison on (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    bead
    decorate by sewing beads onto (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    pipe
    trim with piping (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    applique
    sew on as a decoration (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    gild the lily, paint the lily
    adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful) (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    vermiculate
    decorate with wavy or winding lines (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    smock
    embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    hang
    decorate or furnish with something suspended (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    prank
    dress or decorate showily or gaudily (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    tinsel
    adorn with tinsel (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    tart up
    decorate in a cheap and flashy way (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    stucco
    decorate with stucco work (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    redecorate
    redo the decoration of an apartment or house (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    panel
    decorate with panels (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    bejewel, jewel
    adorn or decorate with precious stones (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    filet, fillet
    decorate with a lace of geometric designs (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    scallop
    decorate an edge with scallops (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    bedizen
    decorate tastelessly (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    dress ship
    decorate a ship with flags (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    dress, garnish, trim
    decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    trim
    decorate, as with ornaments (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    bedeck, bedight, deck
    decorate (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    festoon
    decorate with strings of flowers (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    enamel
    coat, inlay, or surface with enamel (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    inlay
    decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    lacquer
    coat with lacquer (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    begild, engild, gild
    decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    illuminate
    add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts) (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    blazon, emblazon
    decorate with heraldic arms (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    color, colour, emblazon
    decorate with colors (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    fringe
    adorn with a fringe (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    fret
    decorate with an interlaced design (verb.creation)
     
  • (verb.creation)
    landscape
    embellish with plants (verb.creation)
     
  • make more beautiful (verb.change)
    groom, neaten
    care for one's external appearance (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.body)
    curry, dress, groom
    give a neat appearance to (verb.body)
     
  • (verb.change)
    dress up, window-dress
    make something appear superficially attractive (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.change)
    slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, titivate, tittivate
    make neat, smart, or trim (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    polish, shine, smooth, smoothen
    make (a surface) shine (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    become, suit
    enhance the appearance of (verb.stative)
     

verb group (embellish is verb group of ....)

  • make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. (verb.creation)
    ornament
    be an ornament to (verb.stative)
     

derivation (.... is derived from embellish)

  • add details to (verb.communication)
    aggrandisement, aggrandizement, elevation
    the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    embellishment, embroidery
    elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.event)
    drama, dramatic event
    an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional (noun.event)
     
  • make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc. (verb.creation)
    decoration
    the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    adornment
    the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    embellishment, ornamentation
    the act of adding extraneous decorations to something (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    decoration, ornament, ornamentation
    something used to beautify (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    decor, interior decoration
    decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    grace, gracility
    elegance and beauty of movement or expression (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.person)
    decorator, ornamentalist
    someone who decorates (noun.person)
     
  • (adj.all)
    cosmetic, decorative, ornamental
    serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose (adj.all)
     
  • make more beautiful (verb.change)
    beautification
    the act of making something more beautiful (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    beauty
    the qualities that give pleasure to the senses (noun.attribute)
     
synonym antonym hypernym hyponym verb group derivation aggrandise aggrandize blow up adorn beautify deck uglify ameliorate amend better amplify exaggerate hyperbolise groom neaten curry dress dress up window-dress ornament beautification beauty aggrandisement aggrandizement embellishment embroidery
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