Meaning

To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate..

Definitions by Sense

1. To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
2. (by extension) To enhance by adding something not strictly integral or necessary.
3. To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, embroider, or even misrepresent or lie.

Example Sentences

The old book cover was embellished with golden letters

He was a notable patron of the arts who lavishly embellished his royal residences and rebuilt and enlarged Westminster Abbey, destined as the burialplace of himself and many of his successors, in honor of his patron saint, Edward the Confessor.

A Scythian Shepherd, so imbelliſhed With Natures pride, and richeſt furniture? His looks do menace heauen & dare the Gods, His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth.

Podolski gave Walcott a chance to further embellish Arsenal's first-half performance when he eluded James Perch and slipped the ball through to the striker.

to embellish a story, the truth

Word Forms

• embellishes
• embellishing
• embellished

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When Should You Use Embellish?

Use embellish when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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