It means to add decorations or extra details.
To play [it] down Or if you mean literally 'embellish' as in 'to make beautiful' how about: To ruin
An opposite of the word embellish could be simplify.
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Every year, the children would embellish the Christmas tree with ornaments and candy canes.She added sequins to embellish the dress.This is a wonderful essay, but it's hard to believe that your parents didn't embellish it a bit.Please just tell what happened; don't embellish it with blame or colorful descriptions.
Enjoliver is a transitive verb (a verb that requires a direct object to complete the meaning) which translates as to embellish.
She'll embellish the gown with ribbons and sequins. If the story is boring, embellish it a bit with colorful, vivid details.
Embellish the story with colorful details to make it more interesting. Find an inexpensive, cotton dress, embellish it with rhinestones and it will be gorgeous.
My grandiose style of writing will serve to embellish, in a sentence, my essay. My editor told me to embellish the story a bit.
To embellish is 'embellir' in French. Embellishments are 'des embellissements'.
== == Embellish Exaggerate
Yes, I have been known to embellish a feat or two... Let's not embellish our accomplishments.
embellish: to ornament, add details to make something finer