The word "bell" shows up in the middle of embellish, and bells are something that decorate, or embellish something, making it more attractive. If you embellish speech, though, it can get ugly if you add a lot of details that aren't true.
To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn;
Verb
make more beautiful
Verb
add details to
Verb
make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
Verb
be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
v. t.
To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to
decorate; to adorn; as, to embellish a book with pictures, a garden
with shrubs and flowers, a narrative with striking anecdotes, or style
with metaphors.
Embellish
To make beautiful or elegant by ornaments; to decorate; to adorn;
Usage Examples
There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can.
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Other Usage ExamplesI do write a lot from personal experience, but I also embellish a bit.
But even after the first week, when Hart got out of the presidential race because of the Washington Post's threat to reveal a long-term relationship Hart had apparently been having with a prominent Washington woman, the media continued to embellish my past.
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