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embellished
Overview of verb embellish
The verb embellish has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise -- (add details to)
2. deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify -- (be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere")
3. decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify -- (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day")
4. fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify -- (make more beautiful)
Overview of adj embellished
The adj embellished has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. embellished, empurpled, over-embellished, purple -- (excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away")
2. embellished, ornamented, ornate -- (rich in decorative detail)
Antonyms of verb embellish
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb embellish
4 senses of embellish
Sense 1
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> misinform, mislead
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> be
Sense 3
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb embellish
4 senses of embellish
Sense 1
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
=> glorify
Sense 2
deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> ornament
Sense 3
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> wreathe
=> encrust, incrust, beset
=> braid
=> embroider, broider
=> stick
=> illustrate
=> garland
=> fledge, flight
=> spangle, bespangle
=> foliate
=> flag
=> caparison, bard, barde, dress up
=> bead
=> pipe
=> applique
=> gild the lily, paint the lily
=> vermiculate
=> smock
=> hang
=> prank
=> tinsel
=> tart up
=> stucco
=> redecorate
=> panel
=> bejewel, jewel
=> fillet, filet
=> scallop
=> bedizen
=> dress ship
=> trim, garnish, dress
=> trim
=> deck, bedight, bedeck
=> festoon
=> enamel
=> inlay
=> lacquer
=> gild, begild, engild
=> illuminate
=> emblazon, blazon
=> color, colour, emblazon
=> fringe
=> fret
=> landscape
Sense 4
fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> groom, neaten
=> dress, groom, curry
=> dress up, window-dress
=> spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up
=> polish, smooth, smoothen, shine
=> become, suit
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb embellish
4 senses of embellish
Sense 1
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
Sense 2
deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> be
Sense 3
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 4
fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
'Cause To' of verb embellish
Derived Forms of verb embellish
2 of 4 senses of embellish
Sense 1
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
RELATED TO>(noun) embellishment#1
=> embellishment, embroidery
Sense 3
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
RELATED TO>(noun) embellishment#3
=> ornamentation, embellishment
Domain of verb embellish
Domain Terms of verb embellish
Familiarity of verb embellish
embellish used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb embellish
4 senses of embellish
Sense 1
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
EX: They won't embellish the story
Sense 2
deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
EX: Holly flowers embellish the halls
Sense 3
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
EX: They embellish the halls with holly
Sense 4
fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb embellish
4 senses of embellish
Sense 1
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress
=> boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
=> embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
Sense 2
deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 3
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Sense 4
fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
=> help, aid
=> regenerate, revitalize
=> enrich
=> build up, develop
=> turn around
=> help
=> upgrade
=> condition
=> emend
=> iron out, straighten out, put right
=> enhance
=> repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
=> reform
=> reform
=> fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> build
=> perfect, hone
=> polish, refine, fine-tune, down
=> purify, sublimate, make pure, distill
=> fructify
=> raise, lift
=> advance
=> upgrade
=> educate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb embellish
Sense 1
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
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Sense 2
deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> be
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Sense 3
decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> change, alter, modify
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Sense 4
fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
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Grep of verb embellish
embellish
Antonyms of adj embellished
2 senses of embellished
Sense 1
embellished, empurpled, over-embellished, purple
INDIRECT (VIA rhetorical) -> unrhetorical
Sense 2
embellished, ornamented, ornate
INDIRECT (VIA adorned) -> unadorned, undecorated
Similarity of adj embellished
2 senses of embellished
Sense 1
embellished, empurpled, over-embellished, purple
=> rhetorical (vs. unrhetorical)
Sense 2
embellished, ornamented, ornate
=> adorned (vs. unadorned), decorated
Pertainyms of adj embellished
Attributes of adj embellished
Domain of adj embellished
Domain Terms of adj embellished
Familiarity of adj embellished
embellished used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj embellished
embellished
over-embellished
unembellished
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