Words and phrases that have a meaning related to embellish: (205 results)
Antonyms:
uglify
Often used in the same context:
prettify, accentuate, exaggerate, stylize, fabricate, juxtapose, embroider, fictionalize, mythologise, concoct, distort, imbue, efface, retell, sentimentalize, belittle, reinterpret, decorate, sentimentalise, deconstruct, weave, problematize, hyperbolize, evoke, individualise, underplay, contrive, denigrate, blacken, dramatize, dissemble, mythologize, interweave, demean, plagiarise, cheapen, inflate, beguile, fictionalise, satirise, falsify, conceal, emboss, add, vivify, gild, conjure, trivialize, recreate, punctuate, intersperse, contextualize, illustrate, disfigure, repolish, enliven, depict, satirize, superimpose, convey, romanticise, coarsen, misrepresent, ennoble, perpetuate, scandalize, engrave, elevate, tarnish, amplify, flaunt, elide, overblow, allude, illuminate, regurgitate, demythologize, sculpt, personalize, sensationalize, attach, downplay, obfuscate, sully, omit, mangle, denude, drape, humanize, glorify, aggrandize, brighten, explicate, darken, overplay, adorn, backcomb, disparage, malign, besmirch, emote, elongate, fact, sadder, saddest, \u2022, actualized, awful, banal, believable, blazoned, bnt, brighter, but, celestial, changeful, changeless, commonplace, concrete, contemplate, contents
More specific:
asio, bard, bead, become, bedeck, bedight, bedizen, begild, bejewel, beset, bespangle, blazon, braid, caparison, color, colour, curry, deck, dress, dress ship, dress up, emblazon, encrust, engild, festoon, filet, fillet, flag, fledge, flight, foliate, fret, fringe, garland, garnish, genus asio, glaze, groom, hang, inlay, jewel, lacquer, landscape, neaten, panel, prank, redecorate, scallop, slick up, smarten up, spangle, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, stucco, suit, tart up, tinsel, titivate, tittivate, trim, window-dress, wreathe
More general:
Also try:alter, ameliorate, amend, be, better, change, improve, magnify, meliorate, overdraw, overstate
— Nouns for embellish: life, truth, cover, ments, cutouts, page, ment, things
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