EMBELLISHES Synonyms

• flatter in an obsequious manner

• add details to

• increase in size, volume or significance

• to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

• exaggerate or make bigger

• increase the volume of

• make more beautiful

• be beautiful to look at

• make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

• decorate

• make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

• be beautiful to look at

• award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to

• provide with decoration

• confer dignity or honor upon

• raise the status of

• decorate with needlework

• add details to

• increase the level of

• make better or more attractive

• make better or improve in quality

• make wealthy or richer

• a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves

• an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work

• flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration

• decorate with strings of flowers

• praise somewhat dishonestly

• something (such as parsley) added to a dish for flavor or decoration

• any decoration added as a trimming or adornment

• take a debtor's wages on legal orders, such as for child support

• decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

• a formal association of people with similar interests

• decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

• something used to beautify

• make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

• be an ornament to

• make more beautiful

• a state of arrangement or appearance

• a decoration or adornment typically on the edge of a garment

• attitude of an aircraft in flight when allowed to take its own orientation

• cutting down to the desired size or shape

• thin and fit

• characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder

• neat and smart in appearance

• severely simple in line or design

• remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size

• decorate, as with ornaments

• cut down on; make a reduction in

• balance in flight by regulating the control surfaces

• be in equilibrium during a flight

• decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

• cut closely

• adjust (sails on a ship) so that the wind is optimally used

• make more beautiful

• be beautiful to look at

• make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

• make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

• be beautiful to look at

• furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors