Embellish Definition

[v] make more beautiful
[v] add details to
[v] make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
[v] be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"

Synonyms

adorn, adorn, aggrandise, aggrandize, beautify, beautify, beautify, blow up, deck, decorate, decorate, dramatise, dramatize, embroider, grace, grace, lard, ornament, pad, prettify

Antonyms

uglify

See Also...

alter, ameliorate, amend, amplify, applique, bard, be, bead, become, bedeck, bedight, bedizen, begild, bejewel, beset, bespangle, better, blazon, braid, broider, caparison, change, color, colour, curry, deck, dress, dress, dress ship, dress up, dress up, emblazon, embroider, enamel, encrust, engild, exaggerate, festoon, filet, fillet, flag, fledge, flight, foliate, fret, fringe, garland, garnish, gild, glaze, glorify, groom, hang, hyerbolise, hyperbolize, illuminate, illustrate, improve, incrust, inlay, jewel, lacquer, landscape, magnify, meliorate, neaten, ornament, overdraw, overstate, panel, pipe, polish, prank, redecorate, scallop, shine, slick up, smarten up, smock, smooth, smoothen, spangle, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, stucco, suit, tart up, tinsel, titivate, tittivate, trim, vermiculate, window-dress, wreathe

Related Terms

adorn, apparel, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, belie, blazon, camouflage, caparison, color, convolute, cultivate, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, develop, disguise, distort, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up, elaborate, emblazon, embroider, enhance, e

Misc. Definitions

\Em*bel"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embellished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embellishing}.] [OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F. embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See {Beauty}.] To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors. Syn: To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish; enrich; ornament; illustrate. See {Adorn}.