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What is the meaning of the word "embellish"?
What is the meaning of the word "embellish"?
To make something more beautiful by adding something to it.
Which of these words is a synonym for "embellish"?
Which of these words is a synonym for "embellish"?
What does the word "enhance" mean?
What does the word "enhance" mean?
To improve the quality, amount, or strength of something.
What does the word "garnish" mean?
What does the word "garnish" mean?
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What is the meaning of the word "amplify"?
What is the meaning of the word "amplify"?
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What does the word "deck" mean?
What does the word "deck" mean?
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What is the meaning of the word "ornament"?
What is the meaning of the word "ornament"?
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What does the word "caparison" mean?
What does the word "caparison" mean?
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Which of these words is an antonym of "embellish"?
Which of these words is an antonym of "embellish"?
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What does the word "belittle" mean?
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What does the word "understate" mean?
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What does the word "prodigal" mean?
What does the word "prodigal" mean?
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Which of these words is a synonym of "prodigal"?
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What does the word "extravagant" mean?
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What does the word "spendthrift" mean?
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What does the word "squanderer" mean?
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What does the word "imprudent" mean?
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Which of these words is an antonym of "profuse"?
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What does the word "thrifty" mean?
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What does the word "parsimonious" mean?
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What does the word "penurious" mean?
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What does the word "repudiate" mean?
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Which of these words is a synonym of "repudiate"?
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What does the word "disclaim" mean?
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Embellish (verb)
- Hindi meaning: सजाना
- English meaning: To make something more beautiful by adding something/decoration to it
- Usage example: The ceiling was embellished with flowers and leaves.
- Usage example: He couldn't resist embellishing the story of his accident a little.
Synonyms of Embellish
- Synonyms: Decorate, enhance, garnish, amplify, deck, adorn, ornament, caparison
Enhance (verb)
- To improve the quality, amount, or strength of something
- Example usage: These scandals will not enhance the organization's reputation.
Garnish (verb)
- To decorate food with a small amount of different food
- Example usage: Garnish the dish with something.
Amplify (verb)
- To increase the strength of a sound; make louder
- Example usage: Electric guitars are amplified through loudspeakers.
Deck (verb)
- To decorate or add something to something to make an effect
- Example usage: The room was decked with flowers.
Adorn (verb)
- To add something decorative to a person or thing
- Example usage: The bride's hair was adorned with white flowers.
Ornament (Noun)
- Decoration added to increase the beauty of something
- Example usage: The building relies on clever design rather than on ornament for its impressive effect.
Caparison (Noun)
- A decorative covering for a horse
Caparison (verb)
- To provide with or as if with a rich ornamental covering
Antonyms of Embellish
- Antonyms: Deface, blemish, spoil, belittle, understate
Deface (verb)
- To damage and spoil the appearance of something by writing or drawing on it
- Example usage: He was fined for defacing library books.
Blemish (verb)
- To spoil something
- Example Usage: This latest revelation has seriously blemished the governor's reputation.
Belittle (verb)
- To make a person or an action seem as if he, she, or it is not important
- Example usage: Though she had spent hours fixing the computer, he belittled her efforts.
Understate (verb)
- To describe something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, bad, etc. than it really is
- Example usage: She believes the research understates the amount of discrimination women suffer.
Prodigal (adjective)
- Hindi meaning: खर्चीला
- English meaning: Spending money or using resources freely and recklessly, wasteful
- Example usage: The prodigal landlord spends the money as fast as he receives it.
- Example usage: He, who was formerly a prodigal, showed himself suddenly wise.
Synonyms of Prodigal
- Synonyms: Profligate, lavish, extravagant, spendthrift, squanderer, imprudent, profuse
Profligate (adjective)
- Spending money or using something in a way that wastes it and is not wise
- Example usage: She is well-known for her profligate spending habits.
Lavish (adjective)
- Large in quantity and expensive or impressive
- Example usage: lavish gifts/promises/praise/lavish spending
Extravagant (adjective)
- Spending too much money, or using too much of something
- Example usage: The extravagant lifestyle of a movie star is not liked by me.
Spendthrift (adjective)
- Spending a lot of money in a way that wastes it
- Example usage: He struggled to support a large family that included his spendthrift father.
Squander (verb)
- To waste money, or to use something valuable that you have a limited amount of in a bad or foolish way
- Example usage: Government should not squander the taxpayers' money.
Squanderer (Noun)
- A recklessly extravagant consumer
Imprudent (adjective)
- Unwise, by failing to consider the likely results of your actions
- Example Usage: The report criticizes the banks for being imprudent in their lending.
Profuse (adjective)
- Spending or giving freely and in large amounts, often to excess; extravagant
- Antonyms: economical, frugal, thrifty, scrimping, conserving, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious
Frugal (adjective)
- Careful when using money or food, or (of a meal) cheap or small in amount
- Example usage: a frugal lifestyle
Thrifty (adjective)
- Showing a careful use of money, especially by avoiding waste.
- Example Usage: They have plenty of money now, but they still tend to be thrifty.
Scrimp (verb)
- To save money by spending less than is necessary to reach an acceptable standard
- Example usage: There is a risk that the debt-ridden airline may be tempted to scrimp on maintenance or security.
Parsimonious (adjective)
- Not willing to spend money or to give or use a lot of something
- Example usage: She's too parsimonious to heat the house properly.
Penurious (adjective)
- Extremely poor
Repudiate (verb)
- To reject, to refuse to accept or obey something or someone
- Example usage: The evidence presented at the trial has been repudiated.
Disown (verb)
- To make it known that you no longer have any connection with someone that you were closely connected with
- Example usage: It's a story set in the last century about a girl whose parents disowned her when she married a foreigner.
Refute (verb)
- To say or prove that a person, statement, opinion, etc. is wrong or false
- Example usage: to refute a person/theory/argument/claim
Disclaim (verb)
- To say that you have no responsibility for, or knowledge of, something that has happened or been done
- Example usage: We disclaim all responsibility for this disaster.
Disavow (verb)
- To say that you know nothing about something, or that you have no responsibility for or connection with something
- Example Usage: They were quick to disavow the rumour.
Abdicate (verb)
- To stop controlling or managing something that you are in charge of
- Example usage: She abdicated all responsibility for the project.
Renounce (verb)
- To say formally or publicly that you no longer own, support, believe in, or have a connection with something
- Example usage: Her ex-husband renounced his claim to the family house.
Recant (verb)
- To announce in public that your past beliefs or statements were wrong and that you no longer agree with them
- Example usage: After a year spent in solitary confinement, he publicly recanted (his views).
Espouse (verb)
- To become involved with or support an activity or opinion
- Example usage: He espoused conservative political views.
Avow (verb)
- To admit something or say something publicly
- Example usage: He avowed that he regretted what he had done.
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