embellishing

Plural: embellishings

Verb

• add details to
• be beautiful to look at
• make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
• make more beautiful
• present participle and gerund of embellish

Noun

• An embellishment.

Examples

• "His many embellishings of the tale stretched the credulity of the listeners."

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

uglify