EMBELLISHMENT Synonyms

• the state of being ornamented

• something used to beautify

• the act of adding extraneous decorations to something

• a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness

• the action of decorating yourself with something colorful and interesting

• something used to beautify

• an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

• the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)

• addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail

• the result of improving something

• a discussion that provides additional information

• marked by elaborately complex detail

• developing in intricate and painstaking detail

• an improvement that makes something more agreeable

• extravagant exaggeration

• the act of making something more noticeable than usual

• making to seem more important than it really is

• (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs

• an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal

• a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

• ornamental objects of no great value

• a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold

• extravagant exaggeration

• a change for the better; progress in development

• the act of improving something

• a condition superior to an earlier condition

• the act of expanding something in apparent size

• the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object

• making to seem more important than it really is

• a photographic print that has been enlarged

• something used to beautify

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

• be an ornament to