Embellish – Word of the Day

Tuba Mansoor
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/ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ,ɛmˈbɛlɪʃ/

Meaning

  • make (something) more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.
  • make (a statement or story) more interesting by adding extra details that are often untrue

Sample Sentences

  • He embellished his speech with a few quotations.
  • He couldn’t resist embellishing the story of his accident a little
  • The clue is in the name: the exterior of the book has been embellished with 100 carats of diamonds set into the wood cover.

Related words

elaborate, embroider, colour, expand on, exaggerate, dress up, touch up, gild, catastrophize

Further Reading

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/embellish

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/embellish