embellishment
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noun \-lish-mənt\Definition of EMBELLISHMENT
1
: the act or process of embellishing
2
: something serving to embellish
3
: ornament 5
Examples of EMBELLISHMENT
- <a colorful mobile is just the embellishment that the soon-to-be nursery needs>
- <the actor's penchant for embellishment suggests that his memoirs would be more appropriately shelved in the fiction section>
First Known Use of EMBELLISHMENT
1591
Related to EMBELLISHMENT
- Synonyms
- adornment, beautifier, caparison, doodad, embellisher, decoration, frill, garnish, garnishment, garniture, ornament, ornamentation, setoff, trim
- Antonyms
- meiosis, understatement
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