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embroider
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to add to the interest of by including made-up details Dad likes to embroider his fishing stories Synonyms color, elaborate (on), embellish, exaggerate, hyperbolize, magnify, pad, stretch Related Words dress up, gussy up; amplify, enhance, enlarge (on or upon), expand, flesh (out); fudge, hedge; overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overplay, overstate; emphasize, play up, stress; caricature; satirize Near Antonyms belittle, minimize, play down, understate
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