" embellish "

1: to add to the interest of by including made-up details;

  * e.g., " ... the story of the comic marriage proposal was embellished as it passed from one generation to the next in the family "

•  Synonyms : 

•  color,

•  elaborate (on),

•  embroider,

•  exaggerate,

•  hyperbolize,

•  magnify,

•  pad,

•  stretch

•  Antonyms : 

•  blemish,

•  deface,

•  disfigure,

•  mar,

•  scar,

•  spoil

2: to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming;

  * e.g., " ... the walls of the French restaurant are embellished with scenes of Parisian life "

•  Synonyms : 

•  adorn,

•  array,

•  beautify,

•  bedeck,

•  bedizen,

•  blazon,

•  caparison,

•  deck,

•  decorate,

•  do,

•  do up,

•  doll up,

•  drape,

•  dress,

•  emblaze,

•  emboss,

•  enrich,

•  fancify,

•  fancy up,

•  festoon,

•  garnish,

•  glitz (up),

•  grace,

•  gussy up,

•  ornament,

•  pretty (up),

•  trim

•  Antonyms : 

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