embellishing — Adding decorative details or features to make something more attractive. Exaggerating or adding fictional details to a story.
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: Adding decorative details or features to make something more attractive. Exaggerating or adding fictional details to a story.
Pronunciation (IPA): /ɪmˈbelɪʃɪŋ/
Example Sentences
- My grandfather loves embellishing his war stories with dragons and unicorns
- The chef was embellishing the cake with gold leaf and diamonds
- Stop embellishing your fishing story - we know you didn't catch a whale
embellishing
VERB[/ɪmˈbelɪʃɪŋ/]
Adding decorative details or features to make something more attractive. Exaggerating or adding fictional details to a story.
Adding decorative details or features to make something more attractive. Exaggerating or adding fictional details to a story.
Embellishing her story helps publishing dreams keep flourishing!
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
From 14th century French 'embellir' meaning 'to make beautiful.' The root 'belle' comes from Latin 'bellus' meaning beautiful, which originally just meant decoration but later gained the sense of exaggeration or adding fictional details.
Breakdown
em- (prefix meaning 'to cause to be') + bell- (beautiful, from Latin 'bellus') + -ish (verb suffix meaning 'to do/make')
🎵Rhyme
📝Examples
“My grandfather loves embellishing his war stories with dragons and unicorns”
“The chef was embellishing the cake with gold leaf and diamonds”
“Stop embellishing your fishing story - we know you didn't catch a whale”
“The artist spent hours embellishing the manuscript with intricate patterns”
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