| slovo | definícia |
embellish
(encz) | embellish,ozdobit v: Zdeněk Brož |
embellish
(encz) | embellish,přikrášlit v: Zdeněk Brož |
embellish
(encz) | embellish,vyšperkovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
embellish
(encz) | embellish,vyzdobit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Embellish
(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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embellish
(wn) | embellish
v 1: add details to [syn: embroider, pad, lard,
embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up,
dramatize, dramatise]
2: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables
everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, decorate, grace,
embellish, beautify]
3: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;
"Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the
special day" [syn: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament,
embellish, beautify]
4: make more beautiful [syn: fancify, beautify, embellish,
prettify] [ant: uglify] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
embellished
(encz) | embellished,nazdobený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
embellishes
(encz) | embellishes, |
embellishment
(encz) | embellishment,výzdoba n: Zdeněk Brož |
over-embellished
(encz) | over-embellished, adj: |
unembellished
(encz) | unembellished, |
Disembellish
(gcide) | Disembellish \Dis`em*bel"lish\, v. t. [Pref. dis- + embellish:
cf. F. d['e]sembellir.]
To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn. --Carlyle.
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Embellish
(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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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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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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Embellisher
(gcide) | Embellisher \Em*bel"lish*er\, n.
One who embellishes.
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Embellishing
(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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Embellishment
(gcide) | Embellishment \Em*bel"lish*ment\, n. [Cf. F. embellissement.]
1. The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned;
adornment.
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In the selection of their ground, as well as in the
embellishment of it. --Prescott.
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2. That which adds beauty or elegance; ornament; decoration;
as, pictorial embellishments.
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The graces and embellishments of the exterior man.
--I. Taylor.
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over-embellish
(gcide) | over-embellish \over-embellish\, over-embellish
\over-embellish\v. t.
To embellish excessively; to render too ornate or
complicated.
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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.
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embellishment
(wn) | embellishment
n 1: elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative
(sometimes fictitious) detail; "the mystery has been
heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings"
[syn: embellishment, embroidery]
2: a superfluous ornament
3: the act of adding extraneous decorations to something [syn:
ornamentation, embellishment] |
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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