embellish
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(verb) make more beautiful |
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Synonyms: beautify, prettify |
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Related Words: ameliorate, amend, become, better, curry, dress, dress up, groom, improve, meliorate, neaten, polish, shine, slick up, smarten up, smooth, smoothen, spiff up, spruce, spruce up, suit, titivate, tittivate, window-dress |
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(verb) add details to |
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Synonyms: aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embroider, lard, pad |
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Related Words: amplify, exaggerate, glorify, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate |
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(verb) make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" |
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Synonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, grace, ornament |
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Related Words: alter, applique, bard, bead, bedeck, bedight, bedizen, begild, bejewel, beset, bespangle, blazon, braid, broider, burnish, caparison, change, color, colour, deck, dress, dress ship, dress up, emblazon, embroider, enamel, encrust, engild, festoon, filet, fillet, flag, fledge, flight, foliate, fret, fringe, garland, garnish, gild, glaze, gloss, hang, illuminate, illustrate, inlay, jewel, lacquer, landscape, panel, pipe, polish, prank, redecorate, scallop, spangle, stucco, tart up, tinsel, trim, wreathe |
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(verb) be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" |
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Synonyms: adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, grace |
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Related Words: be |
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