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as in exaggerated
to add to the interest of by including made-up details
the story of the comic marriage proposal was embellished as it passed from one generation to the next in the family
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as in adorned
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
the walls of the French restaurant are embellished with scenes of Parisian life
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as in enlarged
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as in decorated
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Recent Examples of embellished
Shantay Robinson, ARTnews.com, 28 Feb. 2025
The sleeveless, ankle-length garment clung to her figure and was embellished with a design across her bust line.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The evening newscast was mired in a scandal after it was revealed that Brian Williams, the anchor at the time, had embellished a story about a helicopter attack in Iraq.
—John Koblin, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
The ensemble featured a curved geometric detail embellished with Swarovski crystals.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
The mini-shift dress has an optical effect and is embellished with an allover GG crystal embroidery.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Chappell Roan did not deviate from her camp-meets-vintage aesthetic, wearing a voluminous vintage Jean Paul Gaultier gown from 2003, embellished with a screen print of Degas ballerinas on the skirt and topped by the ostrich-feather headdress that Gaultier used on that original runway.
—Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2025
The bathing suit is embellished with gold accents, including a beaded detail on the bottoms across her waist.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
The pearl necklaces trending in 2025 are less sorority and more subversive, sitting close to the neck and often embellished with a little something extra.
—Ana Colon, refinery29.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Nearby is Nari Ward’s Swing (2010), a car tire embellished with shoe tips, shoe tongues, and a rope.
—Shantay Robinson, ARTnews.com, 28 Feb. 2025
The sleeveless, ankle-length garment clung to her figure and was embellished with a design across her bust line.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
The evening newscast was mired in a scandal after it was revealed that Brian Williams, the anchor at the time, had embellished a story about a helicopter attack in Iraq.
—John Koblin, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
The ensemble featured a curved geometric detail embellished with Swarovski crystals.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
The mini-shift dress has an optical effect and is embellished with an allover GG crystal embroidery.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Chappell Roan did not deviate from her camp-meets-vintage aesthetic, wearing a voluminous vintage Jean Paul Gaultier gown from 2003, embellished with a screen print of Degas ballerinas on the skirt and topped by the ostrich-feather headdress that Gaultier used on that original runway.
—Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2025
The bathing suit is embellished with gold accents, including a beaded detail on the bottoms across her waist.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
The pearl necklaces trending in 2025 are less sorority and more subversive, sitting close to the neck and often embellished with a little something extra.
—Ana Colon, refinery29.com, 27 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embellished
Verb
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Enter the front door into the living room adorned by a wood-burning fireplace and tall ceilings.—
Karen A. Avitabile,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025
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The restaurant’s interior is striking, with luminous jellyfish decorations and a hallway adorned with what appears to be a vast, stylized fish skeleton.—
Coke Bartrina,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Each of those more than 20,000 participants’ hotel payments may have unknowingly padded the bank accounts of the three Stars employees.—
Kenny Jacoby,
USA TODAY,
24 Mar. 2025
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Each of those more than 20,000 participants’ hotel payments may have unknowingly padded the bank accounts of the three Stars employees.—
Kenny Jacoby,
USA TODAY,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The latest continues the super-clean and minimalist design but in a stone blue dial decorated in guilloché and a Grain d’Orge (barley grain) motif.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
30 Mar. 2025
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Many were richly decorated with coral and colored glass.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Then there’s the ultra-cosy cashmere crew neck and trucker sweaters with embroidered detailing, along with three t-shirts and a themed hoodie featuring the A525 car front and center.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Contrast feminine elements, like a lacy slip dress and embroidered ballerinas, with an oversized boyish button-up for a well-balanced look.—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
27 June 2025
Verb
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Phoenix Raceway bag policy Phoenix Raceway's bag policy allows bags that are fully clear or colored clear plastic, vinyl or mesh.—
Ed Masley,
The Arizona Republic,
21 Dec. 2024
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Numbers and colored contours on a map are not sufficient and really never have been.—
Marshall Shepherd,
Forbes,
19 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Boxwood is covered in burlap and snow fence is draped around trees and shrubs to prevent deer from devouring them.—
Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Another is draped in what appears to be a long, black, crushed-vinyl overcoat.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In the photoshoot, Kelce presents a stereotypical (and exaggerated) embodiment of masculinity — he is dressed in full fur, construction vests and wrangles alligators.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
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According to the story, the tow truck driver’s removal of an ICE SUV was just a routine removal and the story of a bunch of ICE vans being stalked by tow trucks was exaggerated.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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So, the narrative that AI is omniscient and omnipotent at displacing labor works well to convince investors to pay inflated valuation premiums for companies that expend huge resources on building data centers and hiring AI engineers and data scientists.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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The data showed wildly inflated salaries being paid to employees at the Everglades camp under a $78 million state contract with Critical Response Strategies (CRS), a Jacksonville firm with ties to DeSantis.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 July 2025
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“Embellished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embellished. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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