How to use "embellish" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "embellish" in popular movie and book plots

  • In this Indian story, based on a Kerala legend, a pious and self-disciplined master carpenter of a supposedly mixed-caste background, moves easily in his world, building temples and then carving the stone statues which embellish them.  - Perumthachan (film)
  • The reason: one of the gems that embellish the Khea-khan's throne is the Eye of Agarash, a stone that can be coupled with the Claw of Naar to increase its destructive power.  - The Storms of Chai
  • When she adds a tear or two to embellish her story, Stretch is won over, and the evening ends with the two kissing in the moonlight.  - The Cowboy and the Lady (1938 film)
  • He is reluctantly guided by the mysterious 'Chimney Man,' who forces him to recall the more painful moments of his life when he attempts to ignore or embellish them.  - Jelly's Last Jam
  • Elaine tries to embellish Kramer's stories, but Peterman finds the rewrites "too clichéd and obvious".  - The Van Buren Boys
  • mrs Palmer explains to Cassie that her powers are only intermittent, and as result she sometimes has to embellish the reading to produce results her clients will be happy with.  - Haunting of Cassie Palmer
  • Nog replies by quoting one of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition, and to embellish his point they embark on a plan to steal Head of Station Security Odo's regeneration bucket using one of his father's security rods.  - The Storyteller (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
  • Although he says he wants to record all events exactly as they happened, he does embellish his story again and again.  - Cunt (novel)

Example sentences for "embellish" in interesting articles

  • While some words remain in common use—zhush or zhoosh (to adjust or embellish something to make it more pleasing) and trade (highly masculine or straight-acting sex partners) come to mind—the richness that we know once defined Polari is difficult to capture in 2015. So imagine my delight when I stumbled upon Putting on the Dish, a fantastic short by London-based filmmakers Brian Fairbairn and Karl Eccleston, which shows two gay men having an exchange on a park bench, entirely in Polari.  - Polari, the Lost Gay English Dialect
  • The street is understood to be the pre-eminent form of public space, and the buildings that define it are expected to honor and embellish it.6.  - "Americans sense that something is wrong with the places where we live and work"

Meaning of "embellish" in English

  • make more beautiful
  • add details to
  • make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
    Example
    - beautify yourself for the special day
  • be beautiful to look at

Meaning of "embellish" in Hindi

  • सुशोभित करना ( Sushobhit karana, sushobhit karanaa)
  • संवारना ( Sanvarana, sanvaaranaa, sanwarana)
  • सजाना ( Sajana, sajanaa, sazana)

Synonyms of "embellish"

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

Antonyms of "embellish"

  • uglify

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