Word Meanings - EMBELLISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors. Syn. -- To adorn; beautify; deck;
Additional info about word: EMBELLISH
To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors. Syn. -- To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish; enrich; ornament; illustrate. See Adorn.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of EMBELLISH)
- Adorn
- Beautify
- bedeck
- ornament
- decorate
- embellish
- deck
- garnish
- gild
- enrich
- Embroider
- Emboss
- emblazon
- Garnish
- Deck
- furnish
- adorn
- dress
- furbish
- beautify
- Trim
- Prepare
- order
- adjust
- clip
- arrange
- Varnish
- Glaze
- gloss
- disguise
- palliate
- sophisticate
Related words: (words related to EMBELLISH)
- FURNISHMENT
The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture; also, furniture. Daniel. - DECORATE
To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero - GLOSSA
The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera. - GLOSSIST
A writer of comments. Milton. - GARNISHMENT
1. Ornament; embellishment; decoration. Sir H. Wotton. Warning, or legal notice, to one to appear and give information to the court on any matter. Warning to a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached, not to pay the - ADORNINGLY
By adorning; decoratively. - GLOSSOLOGY
1. The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary. 2. The science of language; comparative philology; linguistics; glottology. - GLOSSARIAL
Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary. - GARNISHEE
One who is garnished; a person upon whom garnishment has been served in a suit by a creditor against a debtor, such person holding property belonging to the debtor, or owing him money. Note: The order by which warning is made is called a garnishee - ADORNATION
Adornment. - GLOSSOLOGICAL
Of or pertaining to glossology. - GARNISHER
One who, or that which, garnishes. - ADJUSTIVE
Tending to adjust. - EMBOSS
1. To arise the surface of into bosses or protuberances; particularly, to ornament with raised work. Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton. 2. To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like. Then - GLOSSOGRAPHICAL
Of or pertaining to glossography. - ORNAMENTAL
Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne. - GLOSSANTHRAX
A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue. - DRESSINESS
The state of being dressy. - EMBROIDER
To ornament with needlework; as, to embroider a scarf. Thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen. Ex. xxviii. 39. - EMBELLISH
To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors. Syn. -- To adorn; beautify; deck; - UNDRESS
To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. (more info) 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe. - DEMANDRESS
A woman who demands. - DEGARNISHMENT
The act of depriving, as of furniture, apparatus, or a garrison. - OFFENDRESS
A woman who offends. Shak. - IMBORDER
To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton. - MISORDER
To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak. - MISADJUSTMENT
Wrong adjustment; unsuitable arrangement.