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- the chef tends to overuse sprigs of parsley and other embellishing garnishes on dishes that don't need them
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of embellishing (Entry 2 of 2)
- 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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- the walls of the French restaurant are embellished with scenes of Parisian life
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- 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
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“Embellishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embellishing. Accessed 18 Oct. 2021.
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