embellishverb [ T ]
uk/ɪmˈbel.ɪʃ/us/ɪmˈbel.ɪʃ/to make something more beautiful or interesting by adding something to it:
The ceiling was embellished with flowers and leaves.
He couldn't resist embellishing the story of his accident a little.
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Exaggerating & playing down
- blow sth out of proportion idiom
- drama queen
- dramatize
- exaggeration
- lard
- lay
- make a meal (out) of sth idiom
- make much of sth idiom
- make sth of sth
- meal
- over-egg the pudding idiom
- overboard
- overplay
- overstatement
- pad
- pudding
- stretch
- stretch the truth idiom
- talk sth down
- understatement
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Decorating or making something attractive
embellishment
noun [ C or U ] uk/ɪmˈbel.ɪʃ.mənt/us/ɪmˈbel.ɪʃ.mənt/