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• v  add details to
• v  be beautiful to look at
• v  make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
• v  make more beautiful

• John didn't trust presidential aide, whom he feared might fabricate or embellish the facts to cover the scam.
• After the training, new senator began to embellish his speeches with more picturesque and fanciful incidents.
• From what is known of him, he liked to embellish his biography, loved to spend money he did not have and learned to deal drugs.

• embroider
• pad
• lard
• aggrandize
• aggrandise
• blow up
• dramatize
• dramatise
• deck
• adorn
• decorate
• grace
• beautify
• ornament
• fancify
• prettify

• uglify

News & Articles

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• BBB Tip of the Week: Online dating - Sun, 09 Jun 2013 PST
  Millions of people have tried online dating, and some even find love and a long-term relationship. Others find heartbreak and an empty wallet. Scammers target online dating sites looking for vulnerable targets. They create dating profiles with fake photos and persona that appear real. Some scammers even create a fake Facebook or other social media profile to embellish the persona.
  June 9, 2013 - The Spokesman-Review
• NBA Looking To Increase Flopping Penalties
  The NBA wants flopping to bring harsher penalties for players, and the NBA commissioner appears prepared to outline new and stricter anti-flopping rules. The issue is on the schedule for next week’s NBA competition committee, being held in San Antonio. This season the league put in place some measures against players who embellish contact in [...] NBA Looking To Increase Flopping Penalties is a ...
  June 7, 2013 - The Inquisitr

Quotes

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• Michael Berenbaum in FOXNews
  How sad that he felt he had to embellish a life of surviving the Holocaust and of being married for half a century,said Holocaust scholar Michael Berenbaum.
• Ted Strickland in Forbes
  It's difficult to exaggerate or embellish upon what's happened here. It's absolutely devastating,Strickland said in a telephone interview.
• Kat Dennings in Biloxi Sun Herald
  I like to embellish. I like to use colorful speech. But this really is a special movie to me,says Dennings during a telephone interview from San Francisco.