Dictionary Entry
embellish
embellish is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 19 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style with metaphors.
- 2verb
make more beautiful
- 3verb
add details to
- 4verb
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
"Decorate the room for the party"
"beautify yourself for the special day"
- 5verb
be beautiful to look at
"Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
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