embellished
Made more decorative
Embellished means decorated or adorned, often with elaborate detail: an embellished gown, embellished with gold trim.
More commonly, embellished describes a story or account that has been enhanced with exaggerated or invented details: His version of events was heavily embellished.
The word suggests additions that may improve appearance or entertainment value while straying from plain truth.
Elaborately ornamental in style
- purpleHue between crimson and azure
- verboseMore words than necessary
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
rhetorical · effusive · ornamental · florid · high-flown · overwritten · overwrought · prolix
Made ornamental
- ornamentedMade visually elaborate
- bedeckedAdorned with decorations
- festoonedAdorned with chains of decoration
- garnishedDecorated for presentation
trimmed · decked · beautified · bejeweled · spangled · arrayed · blazoned · accoutered
Claimed more than true
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- overblownInflated beyond reasonable proportion
- dramatizedRendered for stage
- overdoneExcessive in degree
overemphasized · aggrandized · stretched · magnified · hyperbolic · fabricated · distorted · romanticized
Complex and detailed
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
lavish · opulent · overwrought · fussy · sumptuous · luxurious · resplendent · fancy
Ornamented with sewn designs
- stitchedFastened with thread
- appliquedSewn decorations onto fabric
- beadedAdorned with small spheres
- sequinedCovered in small shiny discs
monogrammed · cross-stitched · needlepointed · quilted · smocked · lacework · brocaded · tapestried
flowery
Elaborately ornamental in style
- purpleHue between crimson and azure
- verboseMore words than necessary
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
bombastic · rhetorical · effusive · ornamental · florid · high-flown · overwritten · overwrought · prolix · turgid
adorned
Made ornamental
- ornamentedMade visually elaborate
- bedeckedAdorned with decorations
- festoonedAdorned with chains of decoration
garnished · trimmed · decked · beautified · bejeweled · spangled · arrayed · blazoned · accoutered · gussied
overstated
Claimed more than true
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- overblownInflated beyond reasonable proportion
- dramatizedRendered for stage
overdone · overemphasized · aggrandized · stretched · magnified · hyperbolic · fabricated · distorted · romanticized · sensationalized
elaborate
Complex and detailed
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- rococoExcessively elaborate in style
filigree · lavish · opulent · overwrought · fussy · sumptuous · luxurious · resplendent · fancy · florid
embroidered
Ornamented with sewn designs
sequined · monogrammed · cross-stitched · needlepointed · quilted · smocked · lacework · brocaded · tapestried · filigreed
- decoratedadorned, bedecked, decorated, festooned, garnished
- elegantchic, stylish, refined, tasteful, elegant
- ornateornate, elaborate, decorative, ornamental, filigree
- writing stylesformal, informal, minimalism, maximalism, concise
- ornate thingsornate, decorative, baroque, rococo, gilded
- sugarcoatedsugarcoated, candy-coated, sweetened, honeyed, sugary
embellishedplain
Basic and unremarkable
undecorated · unembellished · unadorned · bare · stark
embellishedunembellished
Without decorative additions
factual · accurate · truthful · unvarnished · literal
embellishedplain
Basic and unremarkable
simple · unelaborated · minimalist · spare · unadorned
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