Embellishment
11embellishment — embellish ► VERB 1) make more attractive; decorate. 2) add extra details to (a story or account) for interest. DERIVATIVES embellisher noun embellishment noun. ORIGIN Old French embellir, from bel handsome …
12embellishment — noun Date: 1591 1. the act or process of embellishing 2. something serving to embellish 3. ornament 5 …
13embellishment — /em bel ish meuhnt/, n. 1. an ornament or decoration. 2. a fictitious addition, as to a factual statement. 3. Music. a. ornament (def. 8). b. See auxiliary tone. 4. the act of embellishing. 5. state of being embellished. [1615 25; EMBELLISH …
14Embellishment — Украшение (переплётной крышки) …
15embellishment — Synonyms and related words: acciaccatura, adjunct, adornment, appoggiatura, arabesque, arrangement, beauties, beautification, bedizenment, cadence, cadenza, color, color patterns, coloratura, coloring, colors, colors of rhetoric, decor,… …
16embellishment — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Decoration] Syn. ornament, adornment, frill; see decoration 1 , 2 . 2. [Exaggeration] Syn. embroidery, hyperbole, elaboration; see exaggeration 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [em BEL ish ment]… …
17embellishment — em|bel|lish|ment [ ım belıʃmənt ] noun count or uncount 1. ) a detail added to a story to make it more interesting, or the process of doing this 2. ) a decoration added to something in order to make it more beautiful, or the process of doing this …
18embellishment — em bel·lish·ment || mÉ™nt n. adornment, ornament, decoration …
19embellishment — n. Decoration, ornament, ornamentation, adornment, adorning, decking, beautifying …
20embellishment — noun 1) architectural embellishments Syn: decoration, ornamentation, adornment; beautification, enhancement, trimming, trim, garnishing, gilding 2) we wanted the truth, not romantic embellishments Syn: elaboration …
