Synonyms for embroidered
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : em-broi-der |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛmˈbrɔɪ dər |
Top 10 synonyms for embroidered Other synonyms for the word embroidered
- 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 embroidered
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
- That day she embroidered with her usual application and composure.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- Indeed, on the morrow she seated herself at the work-frame and embroidered as she was wont to do.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- Never before had the chasubles she embroidered been so resplendent with silk and gold.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- In embroidered robes of dull gold he sat high on his golden throne.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
- The boy went off, and the youth took a lute from an embroidered case.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- Her peignoir of beige, embroidered with red silk, was evidently of Parisian manufacture.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- The rolling fields were embroidered with innumerable flowers.
- Extract from : « Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land » by Henry Van Dyke
- Ireland was not a country for embroidered silks or Genoa velvet.
- Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
- They were dim and embroidered with what seemed to be pearls.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- Some are embroidered in silk, in silver, or in gold; some are plain.
- Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
Antonyms for embroidered
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