Embellishment — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail

a superfluous ornament

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɛmbˈɛlɪʃmənt/

🇬🇧British English

/dɹˈaɪz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɹˈaɪz/

4 syllables Say it as /ɛmbˈɛlɪʃmənt/.

Examples

the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

embroidery ornamentation

Parts of Speech

noun	elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail “the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings”
noun	a superfluous ornament
noun	the act of adding extraneous decorations to something

Word Forms

embellish	verb	add details to
embroider	verb	add details to
ornament	verb	make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Verschönerung

Ausarbeitung einer Interpretation unter Verwendung dekorativer (manchmal fiktiver) Details

🇫🇷French

embellissement

élaboration d'une interprétation par l'utilisation de détails décoratifs (parfois fictifs)

🇪🇸Spanish

embellecimiento

Elaboración de una interpretación mediante el uso de detalles decorativos (a veces ficticios).

🇮🇹Italian

abbellimento

elaborazione di un'interpretazione mediante l'uso di dettagli decorativi (a volte fittizi).

🇳🇱Dutch

versiering

het uitwerken van een interpretatie door het gebruik van decoratieve (soms fictieve) details

🇵🇹Portuguese

embelezamento

elaboração de uma interpretação através da utilização de detalhes decorativos (por vezes fictícios)

🇷🇺Russian

украшение

разработка интерпретации за счет использования декоративных (иногда вымышленных) деталей

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ज़ेब

सजावटी (कभी-कभी काल्पनिक) विवरण के उपयोग द्वारा व्याख्या का विस्तार

🇧🇩Bengali

অলঙ্করণ

আলংকারিক (কখনও কখনও কাল্পনিক) বিস্তারিত ব্যবহার করে একটি ব্যাখ্যার বিস্তৃতি

🇮🇳Tamil

அலங்காரம்

அலங்கார (சில நேரங்களில் கற்பனையான) விவரங்களைப் பயன்படுத்தி ஒரு விளக்கத்தை விரிவுபடுத்துதல்

🇮🇳Telugu

అలంకారము

అలంకార (కొన్నిసార్లు కల్పిత) వివరాలను ఉపయోగించడం ద్వారా వివరణ యొక్క వివరణ

🇮🇳Marathi

अलंकार

सजावटीच्या (कधीकधी काल्पनिक) तपशिलांचा वापर करून स्पष्टीकरण

🇮🇳Gujarati

શણગાર

સુશોભિત (ક્યારેક કાલ્પનિક) વિગતના ઉપયોગ દ્વારા અર્થઘટનનું વિસ્તરણ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಲಂಕರಣ

ಅಲಂಕಾರಿಕ (ಕೆಲವೊಮ್ಮೆ ಕಾಲ್ಪನಿಕ) ವಿವರಗಳ ಬಳಕೆಯಿಂದ ವ್ಯಾಖ್ಯಾನದ ವಿಸ್ತರಣೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അലങ്കാരം

അലങ്കാര (ചിലപ്പോൾ സാങ്കൽപ്പിക) വിശദാംശങ്ങളുടെ ഉപയോഗത്തിലൂടെ ഒരു വ്യാഖ്യാനത്തിൻ്റെ വിശദീകരണം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਜਾਵਟ

ਸਜਾਵਟੀ (ਕਈ ਵਾਰ ਫਰਜ਼ੀ) ਵੇਰਵਿਆਂ ਦੀ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਇੱਕ ਵਿਆਖਿਆ ਦਾ ਵਿਸਤਾਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

زیور

آرائشی (کبھی کبھی فرضی) تفصیل کے استعمال سے تشریح کی وضاحت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

点缀

通过使用装饰性（有时是虚构的）细节来阐述解释

🇯🇵Japanese

装飾

装飾的な（時には架空の）詳細を使用して解釈を精緻化すること

🇰🇷Korean

꾸밈

장식적인(때때로 가상의) 세부 사항을 사용하여 해석을 정교화하는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự tô điểm

xây dựng cách diễn giải bằng cách sử dụng chi tiết trang trí (đôi khi là hư cấu)

🇹🇭Thai

การจัดแต่ง

การตีความอย่างละเอียดโดยใช้รายละเอียดการตกแต่ง (บางครั้งเป็นเรื่องสมมติ)

🇮🇩Indonesian

perhiasan

penjabaran interpretasi dengan menggunakan detail dekoratif (terkadang fiktif).

🇵🇭Filipino

pagpapaganda

elaborasyon ng isang interpretasyon sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng pandekorasyon (kung minsan ay kathang-isip) na detalye

🇲🇾Malay

perhiasan

penghuraian tafsiran dengan menggunakan perincian hiasan (kadang-kadang rekaan).

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

زخرفة

تفصيل التفسير باستخدام التفاصيل الزخرفية (الخيالية في بعض الأحيان).

🇮🇷Persian

آراستگی

شرح و بسط یک تفسیر با استفاده از جزئیات تزئینی (گاهی ساختگی).

🇹🇷Turkish

süsleme

Dekoratif (bazen hayali) detaylar kullanılarak bir yorumun detaylandırılması

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַשׁבָּחָה

עיבוד פרשנות על ידי שימוש בפרטים דקורטיביים (לעיתים פיקטיביים).

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