Synonyms for embellishment
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : em-bel-ish-muh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈbɛl ɪʃ mənt |
Top 10 synonyms for embellishment
Définition of embellishment
Origin :- 1590s, from embellish + -ment.
- noun beautification; decorating
- Thousands of graves must have been sacrificed for the embellishment of one.
- Extract from : « Pagan and Christian Rome » by Rodolfo Lanciani
- I am the extension, my good Prosper; I am the embellishment!
- Extract from : « A Bundle of Letters » by Henry James
- Dressing is not regarded as an adulteration, but as an embellishment.
- Extract from : « Textiles » by William H. Dooley
- The truth, in this case, is romantic enough and needs no embellishment.
- Extract from : « Roosevelt in the Bad Lands » by H. Hagedorn.
- And all the old puzzles are capable of improvement, embellishment, and extension.
- Extract from : « The Canterbury Puzzles » by Henry Ernest Dudeney
- It has at once been made an embellishment and a badge of faith.
- Extract from : « Rambles of an Archaeologist Among Old Books and in Old Places » by Frederick William Fairholt
- Its glamour did not disdain the embellishment of humbler objects.
- Extract from : « A Chilhowee Lily » by Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)
- Henceforward it would be called the Barine, and was to receive many an embellishment.
- Extract from : « Cleopatra, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- But that tale of horror needs no embellishment from romance.
- Extract from : « The Heart of the White Mountains, Their Legend and Scenery » by Samuel Adams Drake
- The lines are similar to embellishment on pottery which we found.
- Extract from : « Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace » by Jesse Walter Fewkes
Antonyms for embellishment
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