Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to embellish
Participle: embellished
Gerund: embellishing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | embellish |
| you | embellish |
| he;she;it | embellishes |
| we | embellish |
| you | embellish |
| they | embellish |
Perfect
| I | have embellished |
| you | have embellished |
| he;she;it | has embellished |
| we | have embellished |
| you | have embellished |
| they | have embellished |
Past
| I | embellished |
| you | embellished |
| he;she;it | embellished |
| we | embellished |
| you | embellished |
| they | embellished |
Pluperfect
| I | had embellished |
| you | had embellished |
| he;she;it | had embellished |
| we | had embellished |
| you | had embellished |
| they | had embellished |
Future
| I | will embellish |
| you | will embellish |
| he;she;it | will embellish |
| we | will embellish |
| you | will embellish |
| they | will embellish |
Future Perfect
| I | will have embellished |
| you | will have embellished |
| he;she;it | will have embellished |
| we | will have embellished |
| you | will have embellished |
| they | will have embellished |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | embellish |
| you | embellish |
| he;she;it | embellish |
| we | embellish |
| you | embellish |
| they | embellish |
Perfect
| I | have embellished |
| you | have embellished |
| he;she;it | have embellished |
| we | have embellished |
| you | have embellished |
| they | have embellished |
Imperfect
| I | embellished |
| you | embellished |
| he;she;it | embellished |
| we | embellished |
| you | embellished |
| they | embellished |
Pluperfect
| I | had embellished |
| you | had embellished |
| he;she;it | had embellished |
| we | had embellished |
| you | had embellished |
| they | had embellished |
Conditional
Present
| I | would embellish |
| you | would embellish |
| he;she;it | would embellish |
| we | would embellish |
| you | would embellish |
| they | would embellish |
Perfect
| I | would have embellished |
| you | would have embellished |
| he;she;it | would have embellished |
| we | would have embellished |
| you | would have embellished |
| they | would have embellished |
Imperative
| you | embellish |
| we | Let's embellish |
| you | embellish |
Verbs conjugated like 'embellish'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'embellish'
imbellish,
disembellish,
embliss,
embolise,
rellish,
abolish,
bewish,
demolish,
e-publish,
emball,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make pretty
- adorn, apparel, array, beautify, bedeck, deck, deck out, decorate, decore, do up, dress up, dub, garnish, grace, ornament, prettify, pretty up
- adorn
- grace, enrich, trim, beautify, bedeck, decorate, embroider, garnish
Antonyms
- adorn
- deface, mar, spoil, tarnish
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1340, "to render beautiful," from O.Fr.
embelliss-, pp. stem of
embellir "make beautiful, ornament," from
bel "beautiful," from L.
bellus. Meaning "dress up (a narration) with fictitious matter" is from 1447.
2. From Middle English embelishen, from Old French embellir, from em- + bel. See: Old French '
embellir'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] little children, and on either side marble vases, for which it was Tom's pride and delight to offer bouquets every morning. Two or three exquisite paintings of children, in various attitudes, embellished the wall. In short, the eye could turn nowhere without meeting images of childhood, of beauty, and of peace. Those little eyes never opened, in the morning light, without falling on something which [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)