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embellishing
Synonyms and Antonyms of embellishing
- the chef tends to overuse sprigs of parsley and other embellishing garnishes on dishes that don't need them
Synonyms and Antonyms of embellishing
- the story of the comic marriage proposal was embellished as it passed from one generation to the next in the family
- the walls of the French restaurant are embellished with scenes of Parisian life
adorning, arraying, beautifying, bedecking, bedizening, blazoning, caparisoning, decking, decorating, doing, doing up, dolling up, draping, dressing, emblazing, embossing, enriching, fancifying, fancying up, festooning, garnishing, glitzing (up), gracing, gussying up, ornamenting, prettying (up), trimming
accessorizing, dressing up, trapping, tricking (out)
brightening, freshening, smartening, sprucing (up)
braiding, embroidering, feathering, figuring, filigreeing, filleting, flouncing, frilling, fringing, furbelowing, garlanding, hanging, lacing, ribboning, swagging, wreathing
appliquéing, gilding, painting
diamonding, gemming, impearling, jeweling (or jewelling), pearling
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