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as in ornaments
something that decorates or beautifies
a colorful mobile is just the embellishment that the soon-to-be nursery needs
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as in exaggerations
the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts
the actor's penchant for embellishment suggests that his memoirs would be more appropriately shelved in the fiction section
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Recent Examples of embellishments
The ensemble also featured beaded embellishments.
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Catherine Santino, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Celebrity nail artist Thuy Nguyen, who counts Olivia Rodrigo and Lana Condor as clients, uses a deep mustard gold for a full-coverage nail look that doesn’t need any embellishments to shine.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
The minidress featured embellishments resembling a nightscape and included imagery of sparkling clouds, stars and a crescent moon.
—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
The holidays are synonymous with cozy sweaters of all kinds — and celebs like Martha Stewart, Mindy Kaling, and Reese Witherspoon are inspiring us to try cardigans with beautiful embellishments this season.
—taylor Jean Stephan, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
The coral dress featured a boat neckline and shimmering metallic silver embellishments embroidered on the fabric.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
The actress looked radiant in the nude Valentino gown, which was dotted with colorful embellishments.
—Violet Goldstone, WWD, 15 Dec. 2024
The actress, who portrays Bob Dylan’s girlfriend in James Mangold’s new biopic, walked the red carpet in a sleek Gucci gown with crystal embellishments.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
Arrange your ingredients in Christmas-friendly shapes, like trees or snowflakes, or simply pile them high with fitting embellishments.
—Rai Mincey, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Catherine Santino, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Celebrity nail artist Thuy Nguyen, who counts Olivia Rodrigo and Lana Condor as clients, uses a deep mustard gold for a full-coverage nail look that doesn’t need any embellishments to shine.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
The minidress featured embellishments resembling a nightscape and included imagery of sparkling clouds, stars and a crescent moon.
—Hedy Phillips, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
The holidays are synonymous with cozy sweaters of all kinds — and celebs like Martha Stewart, Mindy Kaling, and Reese Witherspoon are inspiring us to try cardigans with beautiful embellishments this season.
—taylor Jean Stephan, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
The coral dress featured a boat neckline and shimmering metallic silver embellishments embroidered on the fabric.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
The actress looked radiant in the nude Valentino gown, which was dotted with colorful embellishments.
—Violet Goldstone, WWD, 15 Dec. 2024
The actress, who portrays Bob Dylan’s girlfriend in James Mangold’s new biopic, walked the red carpet in a sleek Gucci gown with crystal embellishments.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
Arrange your ingredients in Christmas-friendly shapes, like trees or snowflakes, or simply pile them high with fitting embellishments.
—Rai Mincey, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embellishments
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On the opposite end of the spectrum, most Republicans, 71 percent, view those statements as exaggerations.Filip Timotija, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024
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Drake’s stardom is, seemingly in Lamar’s eyes, hollow, built on a foundation of falsehoods, or at least exaggerations, and done without principles.Hanif Abdurraqib, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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The decorations continue inside, where mantels and shelves crowd with evergreen garlands, scarlet poinsettias and spiky pine cones.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Dec. 2024
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That very night, British troops heard Germans singing carols and saw decorations poking up from the opposite trenches.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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In the past, the attraction’s down time has been used not only to prepare a new figure representing the incoming president but also for maintenance on its existing figures or enhancements to the structure.Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
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Delta executives announced the YouTube deal and other flight-experience enhancements to its Delta Sync platform as the aviation giant gave an expansive presentation Tuesday evening at the Sphere in Las Vegas, in connection with the Consumer Electronics Show.Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Embellishments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embellishments. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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