Synonyms for embroider
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : em-broi-der |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈbrɔɪ dər |
Top 10 synonyms for embroider Other synonyms for the word embroider
- blow-up
- build up
- cross-stitch
- deck
- distend
- dramatize
- elaborate
- enhance
- enlarge
- expand
- falsify
- fix up
- fudge
- garnish
- gild
- gussy up
- heighten
- hyperbolize
- lie
- magnify
- make federal case
- make mountain out of molehill
- ornament
- overdo
- overelaborate
- overembellish
- overemphasize
- overestimate
- overstate
- pad
- pattern
- play up
- puff
- quilt
- romanticize
- spread on thick
- spruce up
- stretch
- stretch the truth
- weave pattern
- work
- yeast
Définition of embroider
Origin :- late 14c., from Anglo-French enbrouder, from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + broisder "embroider," from Frankish *brozdon, from Proto-Germanic *bruzdajanan. Spelling with -oi- is from c.1600, perhaps by influence of broiden, irregular alternative Middle English past participle of braid (v.). Related: Embroidered; embroidering.
- verb add fancy stitching, adornment
- verb exaggerate information
- Maidens of the first families were selected to embroider the sacred peplus.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- I learnt to sing rondeaux and to embroider handkerchiefs for my mother.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- They agreed to embroider a pair of slippers for her—to do the work themselves.
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- The girls used to sit about indoors and embroider—oh, everlastingly!
- Extract from : « Four Days » by Hetty Hemenway
- You see at home, when I get my work done, I knit or crochet or embroider.
- Extract from : « Maw's Vacation » by Emerson Hough
- We'll eat our luncheon, and then you can embroider and I'll read to you some more.
- Extract from : « Cricket at the Seashore » by Elizabeth Westyn Timlow
- I wish you would, dear, and embroider an altar cloth while you are here.
- Extract from : « Jewel » by Clara Louise Burnham
- She could crochet and she could embroider, so these helped a bit.
- Extract from : « Fireside Stories for Girls in Their Teens » by Margaret White Eggleston
- Others will embroider scarfs for you; 'tis I, the servant, who will care for them.
- Extract from : « Notre-Dame de Paris » by Victor Hugo
- The most beautiful is to embroider in silk or mercerized cotton.
- Extract from : « Woodland Tales » by Ernest Seton-Thompson
Antonyms for embroider
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