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embellishments

noun , plural of embellishment

Synonyms and Antonyms of embellishments

1 something that decorates or beautifies

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

Synonyms of embellishments

adornments, beautifiers, caparisons, decorations, doodads, embellishers, frills, garnishes, garnishments, garnitures, ornaments, ornamentations, setoffs, trims

Words Related to embellishments

apparels, bells and whistles, blazonries, bric-a-brac, chichis, emblazonries, filigrees, fineries, foofaraws, fripperies, frostings, froufrous (or frou-frous)

fal-lals, flounces, flourishes, furbelows, ruffles

enhancements, enrichments, improvements

appliqués, embossments, embroideries, fancyworks

bedizenments, gilts, glitters

designs, figures, patterns

furnishings, regalia, trappings

Near Antonyms of embellishments

blemishes, defacements, disfigurements, scars

blots, spots, stains

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

the actor's penchant for embellishment suggests that his memoirs would be more appropriately shelved in the fiction section

Synonyms of embellishments

caricatures, colorings, elaborations, embroideries, exaggerations, hyperboles, magnifications, overstatements, paddings

Words Related to embellishments

amplifications, enhancements

fabrications, misrepresentations

hypes, pufferies

Near Antonyms of embellishments

belittlements, disparagements

Antonyms of embellishments

meioses, understatements

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