You're just seeking to embellish all this!
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Embellish
//ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ//
Synonyms for "embellish" (136 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (40)
Related words (68)
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More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Synonyms
8 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
88 translations across 27 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ëmbelsoj verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
Arabic
4 entries- جَمَّلَ verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- جَمَّلَ verb (to make sound or look better)
- زَخْرَفَ verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- زَخْرَفَ verb (to make sound or look better)
Armenian
1 entries- զարդարել verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
Bulgarian
2 entries- разкрасявам verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- украсявам verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 修飾 /修饰 verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- 修飾 /修饰 verb (to make sound or look better)
- 美化 verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- 點綴 /点缀 verb (to make sound or look better)
Czech
4 entries- ozdobit verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- přikrášlit verb (to make sound or look better)
- vyzdobit verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- zdobit verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
Dutch
1 entries- verfraaien verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
Finnish
4 entries- kaunistaa verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- kaunistella verb (to make sound or look better)
- koristella verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- parannella verb (to make sound or look better)
French
2 entries- embellir verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- embellir verb (to make sound or look better)
German
4 entries- ausschmücken verb (to make sound or look better)
- bereichern verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- idealisieren verb (to make sound or look better)
- kaschieren verb (to make sound or look better)
Greek
3 entries- διακοσμώ verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- εξωραΐζω verb (to make sound or look better)
- στολίζω verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
Hungarian
4 entries- díszít verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- kiszínez verb (to make sound or look better)
- szépít verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- szépít verb (to make sound or look better)
Ido
1 entries- beleskar verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
Irish
1 entries- maisigh verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
Italian
4 entries- abbellire verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- abbellire verb (to make sound or look better)
- adornare verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- agghindare verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
Japanese
2 entries- 尾鰭を付ける verb (to make sound or look better)
- 飾る verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
Malayalam
1 entries- അലങ്കരിക്കുക verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
Māori
4 entries- maihi verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- maihi verb (to make sound or look better)
- whakahaumako verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- whakahaumako verb (to make sound or look better)
Persian
1 entries- آراستن verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
Portuguese
2 entries- embelezar verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- embelezar verb (to make sound or look better)
Quechua
1 entries- achalay verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
Russian
3 entries- приукра́шивать verb (to make sound or look better)
- укра́сить verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- украша́ть verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- sgeadaich verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- sgeadaich verb (to make sound or look better)
Spanish
4 entries- adornar verb (to make sound or look better)
- atildar verb (to make sound or look better)
- embellecer verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- embellecer verb (to make sound or look better)
Swedish
4 entries- förfina verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- försköna verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- försköna verb (to make sound or look better)
- utsmycka verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
Turkish
2 entries- güzelleştirmek verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- süslemek verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
Ukrainian
3 entries- прикра́си́ти verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- прикра́шувати verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
- прикраша́ти verb (to make more beautiful and attractive)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
What an unfailing barrier against vice, immorality and bad habits are those tastes which lead us to embellish a home, to which at all times and in all places we turn with delight, as being the object and the scene of our fondest cares, labours and enjoyments; whose humble roof, whose shady porch, whose verdant lawn and smiling flowers all breathe forth to us, in true, earnest tones, a domestic feeling that at once purifies the heart and binds us more closely to our fellow beings.
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The famous air-gun of Von Herder will embellish the Scotland Yard Museum, and once again Mr. Sherlock Holmes is free to devote his life to examining those interesting little problems which the complex life of London so plentifully presents.
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Men may embellish their look with gloves or a top hat if they desire.
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