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overembellish

VERB

embroider

Synonyms

STRONGEST

embellish

STRONG

aggrandize amplify color distend dramatize elaborate enhance enlarge expand falsify fudge heighten hyperbolize lie magnify overdo overemphasize overestimate overstate pad puff romanticize stretch

WEAK

blow-up build up make federal case make mountain out of molehill overelaborate play up spread on thick stretch the truth yeast

Antonyms

STRONG

abridge compress condense contract curtail decrease diminish lessen lower reduce shorten shrink simplify

Example Sentences

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overembellish

Here and there, the kitchen tends to overembellish.

From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2014