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embroidery

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of embroidery

1 decorative stitching done on cloth with the use of a needle

  • sheʼs been able to turn her skill at embroidery into a second business selling decorative items
Synonyms of embroidery

needlework
Words Related to embroidery

crewel, cross-stitch, needlepoint

fagoting (or faggoting), hemstitch, smocking

fancywork

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

  • it's doubtful that she ever told an anecdote without considerable embroidery
Synonyms of embroidery

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

amplification, enhancement

fabrication, misrepresentation

fudging, hedging

hype, puffery

superlative
Near Antonyms of embroidery

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

meiosis, understatement

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