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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fancy stitching |
| Synonyms: | adornment, appliqué, arabesque, bargello, brocade, crewel, crochet, cross-stitch, decoration, lace, lacery, needlepoint, needlework, quilting, sampler, tapestry, tatting, tracery |
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| Main Entry: | exaggeration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overstatement, embellishment |
| Synonyms: | aggrandizement, amplification, baloney, boasting, caricature, coloring, crock, elaboration, embroidery, emphasis, enlargement, exaltation, excess, extravagance, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, figure of speech, fish story, flight of fancy, hogwash, hyperbole, inflation, jazz, line*, magnification, misjudgment, misrepresentation, overemphasis, overestimation, pretension, pretentiousness, rant, romance, stretch, tall story, untruth, whopper, yarn |
| Antonyms: | minimization, reduction, understatement, unembellishment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | needlework |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | needlepoint |
| Synonyms: | crocheting, darning, embroidery, knitting, lace, quilting, sewing, stitchery, stitching, tatting |
| 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: | facing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finish for dress goods |
| Synonyms: | applique, backing, binding, braid, embroidery, folds, hem, lining, overlay, piping, trim, tucks |
| Main Entry: | trimming |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | border |
| Synonyms: | braid, decoration, edging, embellishment, embroidery, extras, flounce, frill, fringe, garnish, lace, ornament, piping, rickrack, ruffle |
| Main Entry: | hyperbolism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exaggeration |
| Synonyms: | aggrandizement, amplification, baloney, boasting, caricature, coloring, crock, elaboration, embroidery, emphasis, enlargement, exaltation, excess, extravagance, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, figure of speech, fish story, flight of fancy, hog |
| Main Entry: | tall talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exaggeration |
| Synonyms: | aggrandizement, amplification, baloney, boasting, caricature, coloring, crock, elaboration, embroidery, emphasis, enlargement, exaltation, excess, extravagance, fabrication, falsehood, fancy, fantasy, figure of speech, fish story, flight of fancy, hogwash, hyperbole, hyperbolism, inflation, jazz, line*, magnification, misjudgment, misrepresentation, overemphasis, overestimation, overstatement, pretension, pretentiousness, rant, romance, stretch, tall story, untruth, whopper, yarn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| 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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