slovo | definícia |
embellished (encz) | embellished,nazdobený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Embellished (gcide) | Embellish \Em*bel"lish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embellished; p.
pr. & vb. n. Embellishing.] [OE. embelisen, embelisshen, F.
embellir; pref. em- (L. in) + bel, beau, beautiful. See
Beauty.]
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.
Syn: To adorn; beautify; deck; bedeck; decorate; garnish;
enrich; ornament; illustrate. See Adorn.
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| podobné slovo | definícia |
embellished (encz) | embellished,nazdobený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
over-embellished (encz) | over-embellished, adj: |
unembellished (encz) | unembellished, |
embellished ornamented ornate (gcide) | decorated \decorated\ adj.
having decorations. [Narrower terms: {beaded, beady,
bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled,
sequined, spangled, spangly}; bedaubed; {bespectacled,
monocled, spectacled}; braided; {brocaded, embossed,
raised}; buttony; carbuncled; {champleve, cloisonne,
enameled}; crested, plumed having a decorative plume);
crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted; crested;
embellished, ornamented, ornate; embroidered; {encircled,
ringed, wreathed}; {fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked
out}; feathery, feathered, plumy; {frilled, frilly,
ruffled}; fringed; gilt-edged; inflamed; inlaid;
inwrought; laced; mosaic, tessellated; {paneled,
wainscoted}; studded; tapestried; tasseled, tasselled;
tufted; clinquant, tinseled, tinselly; tricked-out]
Also See: clothed, fancy. Antonym: unadorned.
Syn: adorned.
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over-embellished (gcide) | over-embellished \over-embellished\ adj.
marked by elaborate rhetoric and many figures of speech.
Syn: empurpled, flowery, ornate, purple.
[WordNet 1.5] |
over-embellished (wn) | over-embellished
adj 1: excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of
empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "an over-
embellished story of the fish that got away" [syn:
empurpled, over-embellished, purple] |
unembellished (wn) | unembellished
adj 1: lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair
style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional
architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete" [syn:
plain, bare, spare, unembellished,
unornamented] |
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