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- Dictionaryem·bel·lish/əmˈbeliSH/
verb
- 1. make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features: "blue silk embellished with golden embroidery" Similar
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The meaning of EMBELLISH is to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate. How to use embellish in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Embellish.
EMBELLISH definition: 1. to make something more beautiful by adding something to it: 2. to add or change some details of…. Learn more.
Embellish often has the positive meaning of adding something to make it more handsome or beautifully decorated. But, while adding bells to something looks great at first, after a couple of hours of bells ringing in the ears, what was meant to embellish and beautify can get annoying.
verb. to improve or beautify by adding detail or ornament; adorn. to make (a story) more interesting by adding detail. to provide (a melody, part, etc) with ornaments See ornament.
EMBELLISH meaning: 1. to make something more beautiful by adding something to it: 2. to add or change some details of…. Learn more.
If you embellish a story, you make it more interesting by adding details which may be untrue. I launched into the parable, embellishing the story with invented dialogue and extra details. [ VERB noun ]
Definition of embellish verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
em·bel·lish. (ĕm-bĕl′ĭsh) tr.v. em·bel·lished, em·bel·lish·ing, em·bel·lish·es. 1. To make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate. 2. To add ornamental or fictitious details to: a fanciful account that embellishes the true story.
EMBELLISH definition: to make something more beautiful or interesting by adding something to it: . Learn more.
Definitions of 'embellish'. 1. If something is embellishedwith decorative features or patterns, it has those features or patterns on it and they make it look more attractive. [...] 2. If you embellish a story, you make it more interesting by adding details that may be untrue. [...]
