embellish /ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ/ verb3 •To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.The old book cover was embellished with golden letters •To enhance by adding something not strictly integral or necessary.A Scythian Shepherd, so imbellished With Natures pride, and richest furniture? His looks do menace heauen & dare the Gods, His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth. — 1587 •To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, embroider, or even misrepresent or lie. formsembellished · embellisht · embellishing · embellishes