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| Sounds | ehmbeh'lihshmahnt |
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| Rhymes | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, and 658 more rhymes in ahnt... |
| Meaning | Elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail. |
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| Examples | "the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings" |
| Synonyms | embroidery |
| Broader | expansion, enlargement, elaboration |
| Verbs | embellish |
| Meaning | A superfluous ornament. |
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| Broader | decoration, ornament, ornamentation |
| Narrower | boulle, boule, buhl; cuspidation; festoon; filigree, filagree, fillagree; vermiculation; flourish |
| Meaning | The act of adding extraneous decorations to something. |
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| Synonyms | ornamentation |
| Broader | decoration |
| Verbs | embellish |
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