To play [it] down
Or if you mean literally 'embellish' as in 'to make beautiful' how about:
To ruin
My grandiose style of writing will serve to embellish, in a sentence, my essay. My editor told me to embellish the story a bit.
Embellish it with some rinestones and it will be perfect!
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.
An opposite of the word embellish could be simplify.
Over Christmas Dinner, Clara liked to embellish her stories to make them sound more interesting to her family.
My grandiose style of writing will serve to embellish, in a sentence, my essay. My editor told me to embellish the story a bit.
Yes, I have been known to embellish a feat or two... Let's not embellish our accomplishments.
Embellish it with some rinestones and it will be perfect!
Girls like to embellish their dolls when they are little.
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.
my hair needed a trim so i went to the barber shop to embellish it.
An opposite of the word embellish could be simplify.
relish
Over Christmas Dinner, Clara liked to embellish her stories to make them sound more interesting to her family.
embellish
She'll embellish the gown with ribbons and sequins. If the story is boring, embellish it a bit with colorful, vivid details.
Embellish I think