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embellishment

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of embellishment

1 something that decorates or beautifies

  • a colorful mobile is just the embellishment that the soon-to-be nursery needs
Synonyms of embellishment

adornment, beautifier, caparison, decoration, doodad, embellisher, frill, garnish, garnishment, garniture, ornament, ornamentation, setoff, trim
Words Related to embellishment

apparel, bells and whistles, blazonry, bric-a-brac, chichi, emblazonry, filigree, finery, foofaraw, frippery, frosting, froufrou

fal-lal, flounce, flourish, furbelow, ruffle

enhancement, enrichment, improvement

appliqué, embossment, embroidery, fancywork

bedizenment, gilt, glitter

design, figure, pattern

furnishings, regalia, trappings
Near Antonyms of embellishment

blemish, defacement, disfigurement, scar

blot, spot, stain

2 the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts

  • the actorʼs penchant for embellishment suggests that his memoirs would be more appropriately shelved in the fiction section
Synonyms of embellishment

caricature, coloring, elaboration, embroidering, embroidery, exaggeration, hyperbole, magnification, overstatement, padding, stretching
Words Related to embellishment

amplification, enhancement

fabrication, misrepresentation

fudging, hedging

hype, puffery

superlative
Near Antonyms of embellishment

belittlement, disparagement, minimizing, poor-mouthing
Antonyms of embellishment

meiosis, understatement

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