Usage of "embellishment"

portuguès

decoração

català

ornamentació

The act of adding extraneous decorations to something.

ornamentation

ornamentació

Elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail.

embroidery

Something that embellishes.

decoration

The process of making or becoming more beautiful.

beautification

Synonyms

Examples for "beautification"

beautification

Examples for "beautification"

It also adjusts beautification solutions according to the subject's age and gender. 
 The South African 

I thank him for his kind accommodation of my beautification project. 
 Jamaica Observer 

A movement for city beautification might well begin with ash cans. 
 The new yorker 

There is the attempt at the beautification of life, which we call art. 
 Horace and His Influence 

There aren't many films about the Japanese art of corpse beautification. 
 The Guardian 

Usage of embellishment in anglès

Ariosto employs the same imaginative embellishment to describe the charms of Cyprus: 
 Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and / Top... 

It was going to be a difficult enough trip without that embellishment. 
 Bangkok 8 

There was a long summer of social harmony, prosperity, and cultural embellishment. 
 Last and First Men 

Thousands of graves must have been sacrificed for the embellishment of one. 
 Pagan and Christian Rome 

It was a unique, brilliant piece of work that needed no embellishment. 
 Wired 

In style of printing and embellishment like our Coverdale's Bible of 1535. 
 A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France an... 

But Merick was an experienced League member and not one for embellishment. 
 The spirit rebellion: the legend of eli monpress: book 2 

It packs such a wallop of flavor that it needs little embellishment. 
 The ultimate rice cooker cookbook: 250 no-fail recipes for pilaf... 

Video messages halfway between perfume ads and Oprah monologues offered spiritual embellishment. 
 The Irish Times 

Keelie touched her belly, so far still free of any embellishment. 
 The Secret of the Dread Forest: The Faire Folk Trilogy 

Dr. Takagishi told the rest of his story without embellishment or obvious emotion. 
 The Complete Rama Omnibus 

We will add whatever is necessary in the way of amplification and embellishment. 
 Fantastic Fables 

You need to get the basics right and, after that, it's all embellishment. 
 Independent.ie 

Here the concept of ornamentation and embellishment had been taken to outrageous heights. 
 The Neutronium Alchemist 

Along with such obviously useful labor went desirable embellishment of life. 
 A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. 

Other courtiers of Augustus followed his example for the embellishment of the city. 
 The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati... 