12 Letter Words for Embellishing
embellishing
10 Letter Words for Embellishing
blemishing, ghibelline
9 Letter Words for Embellishing
bemingles, besliming, besmiling, eligibles, embellish, hellenism, libelings
8 Letter Words for Embellishing
bellings, bemingle, billings, blenheim, eligible, gelsemin, geminies, ghillies, heelings, hemlines, libeling, millines, millings, misbegin, sembling, sheeling, sheiling, shelling, shellmen, shieling, shilling, simbling, slimline, smelling
7 Letter Words for Embellishing
beigels, beignes, beliing, bellies, belling, bellmen, bensell, beshell, beshine, beslime, besmell, besmile, billies, billing, billmen, binghis, bingies, bingles, blemish, blimies, ellinge, embelin, engleim, english, enshell, gellies, geminis, ghiblis, ghillie, gillies, ginmill, heeling, heiling, heinies, helimen, helling, helming, hemline, henbill, hilling, hillmen, illeism, imbesel, inshell, islemen, leesing, legible, leglens, leglins, limbing, limings, lingels, lingism, lingles, meinies, melling, meshing, mielies, milline, milling, milnebs, mingles, misbill, seeling, seeming, seiling, selling, shingle, sibling, simblin, simling, sliming, smellie, smiling
6 Letter Words for Embellishing
beeish, begems, begins, behmen, beigel, beiges, beigne, beings, belies, belime, belles, bellis, bensel, benshi, bensil, besigh, besing, bilges, billie, bingee, binges, binghi, bingle, blings, blinis, eeling, eisell, elemin, elemis, elling, elshin, engels, enghle, enhelm, enisle, enmesh, ensile, gebels, gemels, gemini, genies, ghibli, gibels, gibleh, giesel, gillie, gimble, gimels, glebes, glimes, glinse, hebens, heimin, heinie, heling, hellim, hemine, hemins, henges, henism, hieing, himene, hinges, hingle, illing, illish, imelle, imines, ingles, inhell, inisle, inmesh, inseem, ishime, isling, lebens, leeing, leglen, leglin, legmen, lemels, leming, libels, liebig, lieges, lignes, lilies, limbie, limens, limine, liming, lingel, lingle, linish, meinie, meishi, meline, menges, menise, meslen, mielie, milles, milneb, milsie, minges, mingie, mingle, minish, mislen, mislie, mislin, nebels, nebish, neembs, neighs, nelies, nielli, nihils, nimble, nimshi, seeing, seenil, seling, sellie, semble, senile, sibine, sigill, signee, silene, sileni, siling, simbil, simile, simlin, simnel, single, sleigh, slinge, snibel
5 Letter Words for Embellishing
begem, begin, behen, beige, being, belie, belle, belli, bells, benes, benim, benis, bensh, besin, bhels, biens, biles, bilge, bills, bilsh, bimli, bines, binge, bings, bisie, bisme, blees, blens, bligh, bling, blini, blins, eblis, eemis, ehing, eigne, eisel, elemi, ellen, elmen, elsin, emile, emlen, engem, engle, enlil, eshin, esile, gebel, gemel, gemse, genes, genie, genii, ghees, gibel, gibes, gibli, giles, gilim, gills, gilse, gimel, gisel, glebe, gleen, glees, gleis, glene, glens, glibs, glime, glims, heben, hebes, heels, hegel, heils, helen, heles, helis, hells, helms, hemen, hemes, hemin, henge, hiems, hills, himne, hinge, hings, hsien, ibsen, ignis, imine, imshi, ingem, ingle, insee, leben, lebes, leges, legin, legis, leish, lemel, lemes, lenes, lengs, lenis, lense, libel, liege, liens, liesh, ligne, liles, limbi, limbs, limen, limes, limli, limns, lines, linge, lings, linie, lisle, meile, meins, meles, melis, mells, menes, menge, mengs, mense, mensh, mesel, mesne, miens, miles, mille, mills, mines, minge, mings, minie, minis, nebel, neemb, neems, neigh, nelis, nighs, nihil, nills, nimbi, nimbs, nisei, segni, seige, seine, selle, semel, semen, semie, semih, sengi, sheel, sheen, shell, sheng, shiel, shill, shine, siege, sigil, silen, singe, singh, slime, sline, sling, smell, smile, snell
4 Letter Words for Embellishing
been, bees, begs, behn, bein, bell, bels, beme, bene, beng, beni, bens, bhel, bien, bigs, bile, bill, bine, bing, binh, bins, bish, blee, blin, eels, eigh, eine, elbe, elem, elhi, elle, elli, ells, elms, elne, else, emes, enes, engl, engs, ense, esne, gees, gein, gell, gels, gems, gene, genl, gens, ghee, gibe, gibs, gien, gies, gile, gill, gils, gins, gise, gish, gism, glee, glei, glen, glib, glim, glis, hebe, heel, heii, heil, hele, heli, hell, helm, heme, heml, hems, heng, hens, hies, higi, hile, hili, hill, hims, hine, hing, hins, hisn, ibis, ills, imbe, inbe, isle, lees, lege, legs, leis, leme, lene, leng, lens, lese, libs, lien, lies, lige, ligs, liin, lile, limb, lime, limn, line, ling, lins, lish, megs, mein, mele, mell, mels, mene, meng, mens, mese, mesh, mibs, mien, migs, mile, mill, mils, mine, ming, mini, mins, nebe, nebs, neem, negs, nese, nesh, nibs, nies, nigh, nile, nill, nils, nimb, nims, nisi, sebe, seel, seem, seen, seil, sele, sell, seme, semi, sene, sgml, shee, shem, shim, shin, sien, sigh, sign, sile, sill, sime, simi, sine, sing, sinh, slee, slim, smee, sneb, snee, snib, snig
3 Letter Words for Embellishing
bee, beg, bel, ben, bes, big, bim, bin, bis, bls, bns, bsh, ebn, ebs, eeg, eel, een, ehs, elb, eli, ell, elm, els, eme, ems, ene, eng, enl, ens, ese, esm, geb, gee, gel, gem, gen, gib, gie, gim, gin, gis, glb, gns, hee, hei, hel, hem, hen, hes, hie, him, hin, his, ibm, ign, ihi, ihs, ile, ill, imi, ing, ins, ise, ish, isl, ism, isn, lbs, lee, leg, lei, lem, les, lhb, lib, lie, lig, lim, lin, lis, llb, llm, mee, meg, meh, mei, mel, men, mes, mhg, mib, mig, mil, min, mis, mls, msb, msg, msh, msl, nbe, nbg, neb, nee, neg, nei, nib, nie, nig, nil, nim, nis, sbe, see, seg, sei, sel, sem, sen, she, shi, sib, sie, sig, sil, sim, sin, sle, sml
Definitions for Embellishing
[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 Embellishing
embellishbedeck, exaggerate, gild, overstate, festoon, embroider, adorn, trim, magnify, deck, color, enrich, elaborate, ornament, beautify, enhance, array, garnish, fudge, grace
Words nearby Embellishing
embellishembden-meyerhof pathway, embed, embedded microchips, embedding, embelin, embellish, embellishment, ember, ember day, ember days, ember goose
Origin of Embellishing
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 Embellishing
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 Embellishing
C14: from Old French embelir, from bel beautiful, from Latin bellus
Synonyms for Embellishing
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