Synonyms for

Embellished

Verb / eˈmbelɪʃt / Another word for embellished — explore alternatives below. For syllable breakdowns and pronunciation, see this word on Syllablesworld.

Definition

to decorate or add extra details to something

Synonyms & similar words

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Example sentences

  1. She embellished her diary with stickers and drawings.
  2. He embellished his story to make it more interesting.
  3. The cake was beautifully embellished with flowers.
  4. The artist liked to embellish her paintings with gold leaf.
  5. The costume was embellished with beads and feathers.

Quotes

  • The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments. - Anne Sullivan
  • To me, the print business model is so simple, where readers pay a dollar for all the content within, and that supports the enterprise. It's a beautiful, elegant model. It's like how we did things in the '50s. But the Internet came along and sort of destroyed that. It embellished on it, but it destroyed the basic model. - Hugh Hefner
  • I'm interested in the embellishment of events, the way we choose to tell the story of our lives to make ourselves more interesting than we might actually be. - Jim Crace

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