vverb.communicationadd details toSynset:aggrandise aggrandize blow up dramatise dramatize embroider lard pad
Derivationally Related Form:embellishmentembroideryaggrandisementaggrandizementdrama
Hypernyms:amplify exaggerate hyperbolise hyperbolize magnify overdraw overstate
Inherited Hypernyms:embroideroverstatemisinforminformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:glorify
Full Troponyms:glorify
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something with something | They won't --- the story (apply to: dramatize, embellish, dramatise, embroider, blow up)
vverb.stativebe beautiful to look atSynset:adorn beautify deck decorate grace
Examples:- Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
Derivationally Related Form:gracebeautybeautificationdecorationdecorativeadornment
Hypernyms:be
Inherited Hypernyms:deckbe
Direct Hyponyms:ornament
Full Troponyms:ornament
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something | Holly flowers --- the halls (apply to: grace, adorn, deck, embellish)
vverb.creationmake more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.Synset:adorn beautify decorate grace ornament
Examples:- Decorate the room for the party
- beautify yourself for the special day
Derivationally Related Form:ornamentembellishmentgraceornamentationdecorbeautydecoratorbeautificationdecorationdecorativeadornment
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:decoratechange
Direct Hyponyms:appliquebardbardebeadbedeckbedightbedizenbegildbejewelbesetbespangleblazonbraidbroidercaparisoncolorcolourdeckdressdress shipdress upemblazonembroiderenamelencrustengildfestoonfiletfilletflagfledgeflightfoliatefretfringegarlandgarnishgildgild the lilyhangilluminateillustrateincrustinlayjewellacquerlandscapepaint the lilypanelpipeprankredecoratescallopsmockspanglestickstuccotart uptinseltrimvermiculatewreathe
Full Troponyms:appliquebeadbedizenbejewelbraidcaparisoncolordamascenedeckdress shipemblazonembroiderenamelencrustfaggotfestoonfilletflagfledgefoliatefretfringegarlandgildgild the lilyhanghatchilluminateillustrateinlayjapanlacquerlandscapeminiatepanelpipeplumeprankpurlredecoratescallopsmockspanglestickstuccotart uptinseltrimvermiculatewreathe
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They --- the halls with holly (apply to: beautify, grace, adorn, embellish)
vverb.changemake more beautifulSynset:beautify fancify prettify
Antonyms:uglify
Derivationally Related Form:beautybeautification
Hypernyms:ameliorate amend better improve meliorate
Inherited Hypernyms:fancifybetterchange
Direct Hyponyms:becomecurrydressdress upgroomneatenpolishshineslick upsmarten upsmoothsmoothenspiff upsprucespruce upsuittitivatetittivatewindow-dress
Full Troponyms:barberbathebecomebobbuffclean upcleansecombconditiondecontaminatedoll updouchedressdress upflossfomentgarglegaufferglossgroomhighlighthushlipstickmake upmanicuremarcelmoussepedicureperfumepermpolishpomadepowderrazorrougescrubshampooshaveshowersimonizeslicksoapsponge downspruce uptalcteasetonsurewashwave
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something