embellish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb add details to
    dramatize; dramatise; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandise; aggrandize.
  2. verb be beautiful to look at
    deck; beautify; decorate; grace; adorn.
    • Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
  3. verb make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
    ornament; beautify; decorate; grace; adorn.
    • Decorate the room for the party
    • beautify yourself for the special day
  4. verb make more beautiful
    fancify; beautify; prettify.

WordNet

Em*bel"lish transitive verb
Etymology
OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F. embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See Beauty.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Embellished ; present participle & verbal noun Embellishing
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913