embellish

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. add details to (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
embroider, pad, lard, aggrandize, aggrandise,
blow up, dramatize, dramatise
• Derivationally related forms:
drama (for: dramatize), aggrandisement (for: aggrandise), aggrandizement (for: aggrandize), embellishment, embroidery (for: embroider)
• Hypernyms:
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise,
magnify, amplify
• Hyponyms:
glorify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something with something
- They won't embellish the story
2. make more beautiful
• Syn:
fancify, beautify, prettify
• Ant:
uglify (for: beautify)
• Derivationally related forms:
beautification (for: beautify), beauty (for: beautify)
• Hypernyms:
better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
• Hyponyms:
groom, neaten, dress, curry, dress up,
window-dress, spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up,
slick up, spiff up, polish, smooth, smoothen, shine,
become, suit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
- Decorate the room for the party
- beautify yourself for the special day
• Syn:
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, beautify
• Derivationally related forms:
beautification (for: beautify), beauty (for: beautify), embellishment, ornamentation (for: ornament), ornament (for: ornament), grace (for: grace), adornment (for: adorn), decorative (for: decorate), decor (for: decorate), decoration (for: decorate), decorator (for: decorate)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
wreathe, encrust, incrust, beset, braid,
embroider, broider, stick, illustrate, garland, fledge,
flight, spangle, bespangle, foliate, flag, caparison,
bard, barde, dress up, bead, pipe, applique,
gild the lily, paint the lily, vermiculate, smock, hang, prank,
tinsel, tart up, stucco, redecorate, panel, bejewel,
jewel, fillet, filet, scallop, bedizen, dress ship,
trim, garnish, dress, deck, bedight, bedeck,
festoon, enamel, inlay, lacquer, gild, begild,
engild, illuminate, emblazon, blazon, color, colour,
fringe, fret, landscape
• Verb Group:
ornament
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They embellish the halls with holly
4. be beautiful to look at
- Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
• Syn:
deck, adorn, decorate, grace, beautify
• Derivationally related forms:
beautification (for: beautify), beauty (for: beautify), grace (for: grace), decorative (for: decorate), decoration (for: decorate), adornment (for: adorn)
• Hypernyms:
be
• Hyponyms:
ornament
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
- Holly flowers embellish the halls

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fancify, beautify, prettify, decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, deck, embroider, pad, lard, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise