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Showing words for EMBELLISH using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Embellish

embellish

7 Letter Words for Embellish

bellies, beshell, beslime, besmell, besmile, blemish, imbesel, smellie

6 Letter Words for Embellish

beeish, belies, belime, belles, bellis, eisell, elemis, hellim, imelle, lemels, libels, milles, sellie, semble

5 Letter Words for Embellish

belie, belle, belli, bells, bhels, biles, bills, bilsh, bisme, blees, eblis, eemis, eisel, elemi, emile, esile, hebes, heels, heils, heles, helis, hells, helms, hemes, hiems, hills, lebes, leish, lemel, lemes, libel, liesh, liles, limbs, limes, lisle, meile, meles, melis, mells, mesel, miles, mille, mills, selle, semel, semie, semih, sheel, shell, shiel, shill, slime, smell, smile

4 Letter Words for Embellish

bees, bell, bels, beme, bhel, bile, bill, bish, blee, eels, elbe, elem, elhi, elle, elli, ells, elms, else, emes, hebe, heel, heil, hele, heli, hell, helm, heme, heml, hems, hies, hile, hill, hims, ills, imbe, isle, lees, leis, leme, lese, libs, lies, lile, limb, lime, lish, mele, mell, mels, mese, mesh, mibs, mile, mill, mils, sebe, seel, seem, seil, sele, sell, seme, semi, shee, shem, shim, sile, sill, sime, slee, slim, smee

3 Letter Words for Embellish

bee, bel, bes, bim, bis, bls, bsh, ebs, eel, ehs, elb, eli, ell, elm, els, eme, ems, ese, esm, hee, hei, hel, hem, hes, hie, him, his, ibm, ihs, ile, ill, ise, ish, isl, ism, lbs, lee, lei, lem, les, lhb, lib, lie, lim, lis, llb, llm, mee, meh, mei, mel, mes, mib, mil, mis, mls, msb, msh, msl, sbe, see, sei, sel, sem, she, shi, sib, sie, sil, sim, sle, sml

Definitions for Embellish

[1] to beautify by or as if by ornamentation; ornament; adorn.
[2] to enhance (a statement or narrative) with fictitious additions.
[3] to improve or beautify by adding detail or ornament; adorn
[4] to make (a story) more interesting by adding detail
[5] to provide (a melody, part, etc) with ornaments See ornament (def. 5)

Words related to Embellish

bedeck, exaggerate, gild, overstate, festoon, embroider, adorn, trim, magnify, deck, color, enrich, elaborate, ornament, beautify, enhance, array, garnish, fudge, grace

Words nearby Embellish

embden-meyerhof pathway, embed, embedded microchips, embedding, embelin, embellish, embellishment, ember, ember day, ember days, ember goose

Origin of Embellish

1300–50; Middle English embelisshen < Anglo-French, Middle French embeliss- (stem of embelir ), equivalent to em- em-1 + bel- (< Latin bellus pretty) + -iss- -ish2

Other words from Embellish

em·bel·lish·er , noun
non·em·bel·lished , adjective
non·em·bel·lish·ing , adjective
o·ver·em·bel·lish , verb (used with object)
re·em·bel·lish , verb (used with object)
un·em·bel·lished , adjective

Word origin for Embellish

C14: from Old French embelir, from bel beautiful, from Latin bellus

Synonyms for Embellish

adorn, bedeck, dress up, embroider, exaggerate, festoon, gild, overstate, spiff up, amplify, array, beautify, color, deck, elaborate, enhance, enrich, fudge, garnish, grace, magnify, ornament, trim, add bells and whistles, emblaze, fix up, give details, gussy up, spruce up