Definition of embellish in English:

embellish

verb ɪmˈbɛlɪʃɛmˈbɛlɪʃəmˈbɛlɪʃ

[with object]

1Make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.
装饰，修饰，布置
blue silk embellished with golden embroidery
绣有金色图案的蓝色丝绸。
Example sentencesExamples
- Ornate decorations and artistic gilt work embellish the statues, which are embedded with precious stones.
- Using photos as a starting point, she embellished them with decorative elements like buttons and curled papers.
- She shows a masterful attention to detail, embellishing a jade damask and sable stole with a quilted Asian-inspired pattern or adding delicate black feathers to the high neckline of a sleeveless black-to-lime chiffon gown.
- She wore a strapless white gown with a large, ballroom skirt and embroidery embellished the bodice.
- Some of the Turkish and Italian textiles are embellished with exquisite embroideries executed in metallic threads.
- Here she embellished sheets of postage stamps with silk thread; the sewing records the situations in which they were sewn.
- Add fresh flowers or small tree ornaments to embellish the wreath for a party.
- Its proponents freely adapted decorative elements of ecclesiastical buildings and interiors for use in domestic structures and to embellish all kinds of decorative arts objects.
- These intricately made shoes are embellished with silver and silk.
- In other trends, many denims were embellished with embroideries or with woven jacquard borders.
- White walls are embellished with black grass wallpaper and surface details are defined in marble, natural stone and tiles.
- Every station is embellished and decorated: delicate stars and hammers and sickles somewhat incongruously scattered about as decorative motifs.
- Both sides of the sterling silver functional end have a brushed finish, and the front is embellished with bright-cut engraving.
- Napkins are embellished with simple embroidery: Each has a small Christmas tree stitched near one corner.
- The water bodies are embellished with ornamental fish, cascades, fountains and expensive plants that could be grown in submerged pots.
- This terrace is about half the size of the drawing room and the current owners have embellished it with an ornamental pond and fountain.
- Glass decorated with narrative scenes and with devices appropriated from the classical past were some of the Western decorative motifs used to embellish glass objects.
- The sky draped as a backdrop for the crimson harvest sun like a painting in a majestic golden frame embellished by great brush strokes from a master's hand.
- The students were encouraged to embellish the eyes or tail with additional items, but otherwise they were to use only one box to create their cows.
- Enclosed are ideas for embellishing your fabric and waterproofing it to make a beautiful raincoat.
Synonyms
decorate, adorn, ornament, dress, dress up, furnish
beautify, enhance, enrich, grace
trim, garnish, gild, varnish
brighten up, ginger up
deck, bedeck, festoon, emblazon, bespangle
informal do up, do out, jazz up, zhoosh (up)
British informal tart up
literary bejewel, bedizen, caparison, furbelow, befrill
1. 1.1 Make (a statement or story) more interesting by adding extra details that are often untrue.
  给（陈述，故事）添加细节；渲染；给…润色
  followers often embellish stories about their heroes
  Example sentencesExamples
  Over the centuries, after countless retellings, the story has been slightly embellished.
  Francis will often use one little piece of a ‘real’ story as a seed, which he then embellishes and develops into his own made-up story.
  Notice, too, that like good storytellers these advocates embellish the tale with some interesting exaggerations.
  The stress deepened her dependence on alcohol, and her amateurish efforts to market her story led her to embellish the details of her espionage.
  This story stretches the credibility and has surely been hugely embellished in the telling… hasn't it?
  In a survey 92 per cent of respondents admitted they had felt a need to embellish a story when in a social setting.
  No doubt the details of this anecdote were embellished.
  My hope is that by making this public here, he will perhaps be dissuaded from continuing to embellish this story with false statements.
  In Taylor House, where all sides concede that appellants will exaggerate, embellish and tell outright lies, his story is pretty tame.
  It is no wonder then that such an off-beat and romantic story was immediately taken up and embellished by the media.
  It will be most obvious to you when, later, you try to retell it, matching my pace, embellishing the parts you thought were lackluster, trimming the places you thought were fatty.
  And in any case, there will be plenty of memories gained and stories to embellish after another extravaganza of Celtic solidarity.
  Nothing so improves a dreary experience like the realization that it will yield a story we can embellish.
  What follows is a description of each lesson: I have not embellished or exaggerated anything, or imported any apocryphal incidents.
  A good journalist knows where to draw the line, to gather the facts of the story they are working on and not to embellish it with irrelevant details.
  When people tell stories, as time goes by, the stories and memories get embellished sometimes.
  There, he tells Chloe and several other slaves his story, boastfully embellishing it and exaggerating his role in her successful escape.
  And if people don't get the point, then I will simply repeat my windows story, now embellished by light switches, until they do.
  But such is the Australian love of the underdog, not to mention a good yarn, that tales of this antihero live on and have been embellished by the years.
  He was a gifted conversationalist and had many fine stories and yarns which he could embellish with style.
  Synonyms
  elaborate, embroider, colour, expand on, exaggerate, dress up, touch up, gild, catastrophize

Derivatives

embellisher

noun

When decorating a multi-colored print, creative embellishers have the advantage.
Example sentencesExamples
- Americana provides fine active and casual apparel nationwide to promotional products distributors, screenprinters, embroiderers, and embellishers.
- In the 1920s British historian Charles Grey savaged the American adventurer as an unhinged embellisher at best, a liar at worst.
- Only a shameless embellisher of Legend would say the crooks called it the Capone Laughing in Hell Golf Club.
- It's like cleaning up an old painting, if you will, by removing the varnish that's become yellowed and opaque over the years, and reversing the misguided efforts of previous restorers and embellishers.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French embelliss-, lengthened stem of embellir, based on bel 'handsome', from Latin bellus.

Rhymes

hellish, relish

Definition of embellish in US English:

embellish

verbəmˈbɛlɪʃəmˈbeliSH

[with object]

1Make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.
装饰，修饰，布置
blue silk embellished with golden embroidery
绣有金色图案的蓝色丝绸。
Example sentencesExamples
- White walls are embellished with black grass wallpaper and surface details are defined in marble, natural stone and tiles.
- This terrace is about half the size of the drawing room and the current owners have embellished it with an ornamental pond and fountain.
- She shows a masterful attention to detail, embellishing a jade damask and sable stole with a quilted Asian-inspired pattern or adding delicate black feathers to the high neckline of a sleeveless black-to-lime chiffon gown.
- Enclosed are ideas for embellishing your fabric and waterproofing it to make a beautiful raincoat.
- Napkins are embellished with simple embroidery: Each has a small Christmas tree stitched near one corner.
- Every station is embellished and decorated: delicate stars and hammers and sickles somewhat incongruously scattered about as decorative motifs.
- She wore a strapless white gown with a large, ballroom skirt and embroidery embellished the bodice.
- Here she embellished sheets of postage stamps with silk thread; the sewing records the situations in which they were sewn.
- Using photos as a starting point, she embellished them with decorative elements like buttons and curled papers.
- Its proponents freely adapted decorative elements of ecclesiastical buildings and interiors for use in domestic structures and to embellish all kinds of decorative arts objects.
- In other trends, many denims were embellished with embroideries or with woven jacquard borders.
- The water bodies are embellished with ornamental fish, cascades, fountains and expensive plants that could be grown in submerged pots.
- These intricately made shoes are embellished with silver and silk.
- The students were encouraged to embellish the eyes or tail with additional items, but otherwise they were to use only one box to create their cows.
- The sky draped as a backdrop for the crimson harvest sun like a painting in a majestic golden frame embellished by great brush strokes from a master's hand.
- Glass decorated with narrative scenes and with devices appropriated from the classical past were some of the Western decorative motifs used to embellish glass objects.
- Add fresh flowers or small tree ornaments to embellish the wreath for a party.
- Both sides of the sterling silver functional end have a brushed finish, and the front is embellished with bright-cut engraving.
- Ornate decorations and artistic gilt work embellish the statues, which are embedded with precious stones.
- Some of the Turkish and Italian textiles are embellished with exquisite embroideries executed in metallic threads.
Synonyms
decorate, adorn, ornament, dress, dress up, furnish
1. 1.1 Make (a statement or story) more interesting or entertaining by adding extra details, especially ones that are not true.
  给（陈述，故事）添加细节；渲染；给…润色
  she had real difficulty telling the truth because she liked to embellish things
  她喜欢添枝加叶，所以很难讲真话。
  Example sentencesExamples
  And if people don't get the point, then I will simply repeat my windows story, now embellished by light switches, until they do.
  This story stretches the credibility and has surely been hugely embellished in the telling… hasn't it?
  But such is the Australian love of the underdog, not to mention a good yarn, that tales of this antihero live on and have been embellished by the years.
  In a survey 92 per cent of respondents admitted they had felt a need to embellish a story when in a social setting.
  My hope is that by making this public here, he will perhaps be dissuaded from continuing to embellish this story with false statements.
  Notice, too, that like good storytellers these advocates embellish the tale with some interesting exaggerations.
  Francis will often use one little piece of a ‘real’ story as a seed, which he then embellishes and develops into his own made-up story.
  A good journalist knows where to draw the line, to gather the facts of the story they are working on and not to embellish it with irrelevant details.
  Nothing so improves a dreary experience like the realization that it will yield a story we can embellish.
  He was a gifted conversationalist and had many fine stories and yarns which he could embellish with style.
  Over the centuries, after countless retellings, the story has been slightly embellished.
  When people tell stories, as time goes by, the stories and memories get embellished sometimes.
  What follows is a description of each lesson: I have not embellished or exaggerated anything, or imported any apocryphal incidents.
  There, he tells Chloe and several other slaves his story, boastfully embellishing it and exaggerating his role in her successful escape.
  It will be most obvious to you when, later, you try to retell it, matching my pace, embellishing the parts you thought were lackluster, trimming the places you thought were fatty.
  In Taylor House, where all sides concede that appellants will exaggerate, embellish and tell outright lies, his story is pretty tame.
  And in any case, there will be plenty of memories gained and stories to embellish after another extravaganza of Celtic solidarity.
  No doubt the details of this anecdote were embellished.
  The stress deepened her dependence on alcohol, and her amateurish efforts to market her story led her to embellish the details of her espionage.
  It is no wonder then that such an off-beat and romantic story was immediately taken up and embellished by the media.
  Synonyms
  elaborate, embroider, colour, expand on, exaggerate, dress up, touch up, gild, catastrophize

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French embelliss-, lengthened stem of embellir, based on bel ‘handsome’, from Latin bellus.

单词	embellish
释义	Definition of embellish in English: embellish verb ɪmˈbɛlɪʃɛmˈbɛlɪʃəmˈbɛlɪʃ [with object] 1Make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features. 装饰，修饰，布置 blue silk embellished with golden embroidery 绣有金色图案的蓝色丝绸。 Example sentencesExamples Ornate decorations and artistic gilt work embellish the statues, which are embedded with precious stones. Using photos as a starting point, she embellished them with decorative elements like buttons and curled papers. She shows a masterful attention to detail, embellishing a jade damask and sable stole with a quilted Asian-inspired pattern or adding delicate black feathers to the high neckline of a sleeveless black-to-lime chiffon gown. She wore a strapless white gown with a large, ballroom skirt and embroidery embellished the bodice. Some of the Turkish and Italian textiles are embellished with exquisite embroideries executed in metallic threads. Here she embellished sheets of postage stamps with silk thread; the sewing records the situations in which they were sewn. Add fresh flowers or small tree ornaments to embellish the wreath for a party. Its proponents freely adapted decorative elements of ecclesiastical buildings and interiors for use in domestic structures and to embellish all kinds of decorative arts objects. These intricately made shoes are embellished with silver and silk. In other trends, many denims were embellished with embroideries or with woven jacquard borders. White walls are embellished with black grass wallpaper and surface details are defined in marble, natural stone and tiles. Every station is embellished and decorated: delicate stars and hammers and sickles somewhat incongruously scattered about as decorative motifs. Both sides of the sterling silver functional end have a brushed finish, and the front is embellished with bright-cut engraving. Napkins are embellished with simple embroidery: Each has a small Christmas tree stitched near one corner. The water bodies are embellished with ornamental fish, cascades, fountains and expensive plants that could be grown in submerged pots. This terrace is about half the size of the drawing room and the current owners have embellished it with an ornamental pond and fountain. Glass decorated with narrative scenes and with devices appropriated from the classical past were some of the Western decorative motifs used to embellish glass objects. The sky draped as a backdrop for the crimson harvest sun like a painting in a majestic golden frame embellished by great brush strokes from a master's hand. The students were encouraged to embellish the eyes or tail with additional items, but otherwise they were to use only one box to create their cows. Enclosed are ideas for embellishing your fabric and waterproofing it to make a beautiful raincoat. Synonyms decorate, adorn, ornament, dress, dress up, furnish beautify, enhance, enrich, grace trim, garnish, gild, varnish brighten up, ginger up deck, bedeck, festoon, emblazon, bespangle informal do up, do out, jazz up, zhoosh (up) British informal tart up literary bejewel, bedizen, caparison, furbelow, befrill 1.1 Make (a statement or story) more interesting by adding extra details that are often untrue. 给（陈述，故事）添加细节；渲染；给…润色 followers often embellish stories about their heroes Example sentencesExamples Over the centuries, after countless retellings, the story has been slightly embellished. Francis will often use one little piece of a ‘real’ story as a seed, which he then embellishes and develops into his own made-up story. Notice, too, that like good storytellers these advocates embellish the tale with some interesting exaggerations. The stress deepened her dependence on alcohol, and her amateurish efforts to market her story led her to embellish the details of her espionage. This story stretches the credibility and has surely been hugely embellished in the telling… hasn't it? In a survey 92 per cent of respondents admitted they had felt a need to embellish a story when in a social setting. No doubt the details of this anecdote were embellished. My hope is that by making this public here, he will perhaps be dissuaded from continuing to embellish this story with false statements. In Taylor House, where all sides concede that appellants will exaggerate, embellish and tell outright lies, his story is pretty tame. It is no wonder then that such an off-beat and romantic story was immediately taken up and embellished by the media. It will be most obvious to you when, later, you try to retell it, matching my pace, embellishing the parts you thought were lackluster, trimming the places you thought were fatty. And in any case, there will be plenty of memories gained and stories to embellish after another extravaganza of Celtic solidarity. Nothing so improves a dreary experience like the realization that it will yield a story we can embellish. What follows is a description of each lesson: I have not embellished or exaggerated anything, or imported any apocryphal incidents. A good journalist knows where to draw the line, to gather the facts of the story they are working on and not to embellish it with irrelevant details. When people tell stories, as time goes by, the stories and memories get embellished sometimes. There, he tells Chloe and several other slaves his story, boastfully embellishing it and exaggerating his role in her successful escape. And if people don't get the point, then I will simply repeat my windows story, now embellished by light switches, until they do. But such is the Australian love of the underdog, not to mention a good yarn, that tales of this antihero live on and have been embellished by the years. He was a gifted conversationalist and had many fine stories and yarns which he could embellish with style. Synonyms elaborate, embroider, colour, expand on, exaggerate, dress up, touch up, gild, catastrophize Derivatives embellisher noun When decorating a multi-colored print, creative embellishers have the advantage. Example sentencesExamples Americana provides fine active and casual apparel nationwide to promotional products distributors, screenprinters, embroiderers, and embellishers. In the 1920s British historian Charles Grey savaged the American adventurer as an unhinged embellisher at best, a liar at worst. Only a shameless embellisher of Legend would say the crooks called it the Capone Laughing in Hell Golf Club. It's like cleaning up an old painting, if you will, by removing the varnish that's become yellowed and opaque over the years, and reversing the misguided efforts of previous restorers and embellishers. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French embelliss-, lengthened stem of embellir, based on bel 'handsome', from Latin bellus. Rhymes hellish, relish Definition of embellish in US English: embellish verbəmˈbɛlɪʃəmˈbeliSH [with object] 1Make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features. 装饰，修饰，布置 blue silk embellished with golden embroidery 绣有金色图案的蓝色丝绸。 Example sentencesExamples White walls are embellished with black grass wallpaper and surface details are defined in marble, natural stone and tiles. This terrace is about half the size of the drawing room and the current owners have embellished it with an ornamental pond and fountain. She shows a masterful attention to detail, embellishing a jade damask and sable stole with a quilted Asian-inspired pattern or adding delicate black feathers to the high neckline of a sleeveless black-to-lime chiffon gown. Enclosed are ideas for embellishing your fabric and waterproofing it to make a beautiful raincoat. Napkins are embellished with simple embroidery: Each has a small Christmas tree stitched near one corner. Every station is embellished and decorated: delicate stars and hammers and sickles somewhat incongruously scattered about as decorative motifs. She wore a strapless white gown with a large, ballroom skirt and embroidery embellished the bodice. Here she embellished sheets of postage stamps with silk thread; the sewing records the situations in which they were sewn. Using photos as a starting point, she embellished them with decorative elements like buttons and curled papers. Its proponents freely adapted decorative elements of ecclesiastical buildings and interiors for use in domestic structures and to embellish all kinds of decorative arts objects. In other trends, many denims were embellished with embroideries or with woven jacquard borders. The water bodies are embellished with ornamental fish, cascades, fountains and expensive plants that could be grown in submerged pots. These intricately made shoes are embellished with silver and silk. The students were encouraged to embellish the eyes or tail with additional items, but otherwise they were to use only one box to create their cows. The sky draped as a backdrop for the crimson harvest sun like a painting in a majestic golden frame embellished by great brush strokes from a master's hand. Glass decorated with narrative scenes and with devices appropriated from the classical past were some of the Western decorative motifs used to embellish glass objects. Add fresh flowers or small tree ornaments to embellish the wreath for a party. Both sides of the sterling silver functional end have a brushed finish, and the front is embellished with bright-cut engraving. Ornate decorations and artistic gilt work embellish the statues, which are embedded with precious stones. Some of the Turkish and Italian textiles are embellished with exquisite embroideries executed in metallic threads. Synonyms decorate, adorn, ornament, dress, dress up, furnish 1.1 Make (a statement or story) more interesting or entertaining by adding extra details, especially ones that are not true. 给（陈述，故事）添加细节；渲染；给…润色 she had real difficulty telling the truth because she liked to embellish things 她喜欢添枝加叶，所以很难讲真话。 Example sentencesExamples And if people don't get the point, then I will simply repeat my windows story, now embellished by light switches, until they do. This story stretches the credibility and has surely been hugely embellished in the telling… hasn't it? But such is the Australian love of the underdog, not to mention a good yarn, that tales of this antihero live on and have been embellished by the years. In a survey 92 per cent of respondents admitted they had felt a need to embellish a story when in a social setting. My hope is that by making this public here, he will perhaps be dissuaded from continuing to embellish this story with false statements. Notice, too, that like good storytellers these advocates embellish the tale with some interesting exaggerations. Francis will often use one little piece of a ‘real’ story as a seed, which he then embellishes and develops into his own made-up story. A good journalist knows where to draw the line, to gather the facts of the story they are working on and not to embellish it with irrelevant details. Nothing so improves a dreary experience like the realization that it will yield a story we can embellish. He was a gifted conversationalist and had many fine stories and yarns which he could embellish with style. Over the centuries, after countless retellings, the story has been slightly embellished. When people tell stories, as time goes by, the stories and memories get embellished sometimes. What follows is a description of each lesson: I have not embellished or exaggerated anything, or imported any apocryphal incidents. There, he tells Chloe and several other slaves his story, boastfully embellishing it and exaggerating his role in her successful escape. It will be most obvious to you when, later, you try to retell it, matching my pace, embellishing the parts you thought were lackluster, trimming the places you thought were fatty. In Taylor House, where all sides concede that appellants will exaggerate, embellish and tell outright lies, his story is pretty tame. And in any case, there will be plenty of memories gained and stories to embellish after another extravaganza of Celtic solidarity. No doubt the details of this anecdote were embellished. The stress deepened her dependence on alcohol, and her amateurish efforts to market her story led her to embellish the details of her espionage. It is no wonder then that such an off-beat and romantic story was immediately taken up and embellished by the media. Synonyms elaborate, embroider, colour, expand on, exaggerate, dress up, touch up, gild, catastrophize Origin Late Middle English: from Old French embelliss-, lengthened stem of embellir, based on bel ‘handsome’, from Latin bellus.
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