embellisher
One who ornaments
An embellisher is someone who adds decorative details or elaborations—often to the point of exaggeration.
The word usually carries a negative tinge, suggesting someone who stretches the truth: He's such an embellisher—I'd take his fishing stories with a grain of salt.
Less commonly, it refers to one who ornaments or beautifies things literally.
One who tells events
- raconteurSkilled storyteller
- fabulistMoral tale composer
- anecdotalistTeller of brief tales
- yarn-spinnerOne who tells tales
mythmaker · tale-teller · chronicler · romancer · griot · bard · folklorist · colorist
One who decorates things
- beautifierThing that improves appearance
- gilderApplies gold to surfaces
- trimmerCutting or pruning device
- garnisherOne who adorns
One who amplifies beyond truth
- dramatizerOne who creates scripts
- embroidererOne who decorates fabric
- yarn-spinnerOne who tells tales
- inflatorAir-adding device
stretcher · fabricator · misrepresenter · braggart · boaster · puffer · bluffer · sensationalizer
narrator
One who tells events
- raconteurSkilled storyteller
- fabulistMoral tale composer
- anecdotalistTeller of brief tales
yarn-spinner · mythmaker · tale-teller · chronicler · romancer · griot · bard · folklorist · colorist · dramatizer
ornamenter
One who decorates things
- beautifierThing that improves appearance
- gilderApplies gold to surfaces
- trimmerCutting or pruning device
garnisher · stylist · detailer · illuminator · embroiderer
overstater
One who amplifies beyond truth
- dramatizerOne who creates scripts
- embroidererOne who decorates fabric
- yarn-spinnerOne who tells tales
inflator · stretcher · fabricator · misrepresenter · braggart · boaster · puffer · bluffer · sensationalizer · magnifier
improver
One who betters things
developer · amplifier · upgrader · booster · intensifier
- comics jobswriter, artist, penciler, penciller, inker
- deceiversliar, liars, deceiver, fraud, fake
- liarsdeceiver, fabricator, falsifier, fraud, prevaricator
- storytellersstorytellers, narrator, narrators, tale-teller, tale spinner
embellishertruth-teller
One who speaks accurately
straight shooter · literalist · minimizer · downplayer · straight talker
embellisherdefacer
One who damages surfaces
disfigurer · marrer · vandal · degrader · despoiler
embellishersimplifier
One who makes clearer
minimalist · stripper · reducer · parer · abbreviator
embellish, embellishment, unembellished, embellished, embellishing, embellishments, embellishes, overembellish, embellishers