English-French translations for embellish

• embellir
  Nous devrions en être satisfaits; c'est la réalité et il n'est nul besoin de l'embellir. We should be pleased about that; it is the truth, and there is no need to embellish it.
  Le Conseil n'a pas besoin, lui, d'embellir la réalité, d'où des différences de formulation. The Council, however, has no need to embellish reality, which is why there are differences in formulation.
  Les agriculteurs se battent, non pour embellir mais pour renverser des réformes anti-agricoles, voilà pourquoi nous, de notre côté, allons voter contre ces propositions. As the farmers are fighting not to embellish but to overturn anti-farming reforms, we shall vote against these proposals.
• décorer
• enjoliver
• garnir
• orner
• parer

Definition of embellish

• To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate
• To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider

Examples

• The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
• to embellish a story, the truth

Related words

• embellishment
• unembellishingly
• overembellish