| Main Entry: | embellishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beautification; decorating |
Synonyms: |
adornment, coloring, decoration, doodad, elaboration, embroidering, embroidery, enhancement, enrichment, exaggeration, fandangle, floridity, flowery speech, frill, froufrou, fuss*, garnish, gilding, gingerbread, hyperbole, icing on the cake, jazz, ornament, ornamentation, ostentation, overstatement |
Antonyms: |
disfigurement, injury, simplification, spoliation |
| Main Entry: | embellishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
auriphryglate, beautified, becoming, bedight, begilt, behounc'd, chased, decorative, dressed to advantage, festooned, fine as a Mayday queen, fine as a carrot fresh scraped, fine as fivepence, flashy, floriated, flowery, garish, gaudy, gay, gilt, glittering, goffered, gorgeous, in Sunday best, in best bib and tucker, in full dress, inaurate, new gilt, new spangled, ornamental, ornamented, ornate, piped, pointille, pranked out, rich, showy, smart, splendiferous, tasselated, toreutic, tricksy
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| Main Entry: | adornment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decorating, enhancing |
Synonyms: |
beautification, decoration, embellishment, gilding, ornamentation, trimming |
Antonyms: |
plainness |
| Main Entry: | adornment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a decoration |
Synonyms: |
accessory, dingbat, doodad, embellishment, fandangle, floss, frill, frippery, furbelow, gewgaw, jazz, ornament, thing, trimming |
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | object with design; depiction |
Synonyms: |
cast, composition, decoration, device, diagram, drawing, effigy, embellishment, emblem, illustration, image, model, mold, motif, motive, ornamentation, pattern, piece, portrait, representation, sketch, statue |
| Main Entry: | flourish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curlicue, decoration |
Synonyms: |
curl, embellishment, furbelow, garnish, ornamentation, plume, quirk, spiral, sweep, twist |
| Main Entry: | hyperbole |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exaggeration |
Synonyms: |
PR, amplification, big talk, coloring, distortion, embellishment, embroidering, enlargement, hype*, laying it on thick, magnification, metaphor, mountain out of molehill, overstatement, tall talk |
Antonyms: |
understatement |
| Main Entry: | knickknack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trinket; decorative piece |
Synonyms: |
bagatelle, bauble, bibelot, bric-a-brac, conversation piece, curio, curiosity, device, embellishment, flummery, frill, furbelow, gadget*, miniature, notion, novelty, objet d'art, ornament, plaything, showpiece, souvenir, thingamajig, toy, trapping, trifle, whatnot, whimsy |
| Main Entry: | ornament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decoration |
Synonyms: |
accessory, adornment, art, bauble, beautification, design, doodad, embellishment, embroidery, flower, frill, frou frou, garnish, gewgaw, gimcrack, gingerbread, honor, jewel, knickknack, pride, treasure, trimming, trinket |
| Main Entry: | trappings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | paraphernalia, equipment |
Synonyms: |
accouterment, adornment, apparel, appointment, decoration, dress, embellishment, finery, fitting, fixture, furnishing, gear, livery, ornament, panoply, personal effects, raiment, rigging, things, trimming |