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Flowery vs Embellished - What's the difference?

flowery | embellished | Synonyms |

Flowery is a synonym of embellished.


As an adjective flowery

is (not comparable) pertaining to flowers.

As a verb embellished is

(embellish).

flowery

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (not comparable) Pertaining to flowers.
  • Decorated with flowers.
  • Of a speech or piece of writing: too complicated; elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; bombastic; verbose.

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    embellished

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (embellish)

    • embellish

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
    • The old book cover was embellished with golden letters
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=December 29 , author=Paul Doyle , title=Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle , work=The Guardian citation , page= , passage=Podolski gave Walcott a chance to further embellish Arsenal's first-half performance when he eluded James Perch and slipped the ball through to the striker.}}
  • To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality, to distort.
    • to embellish a story, the truth

    Synonyms

    * adorn * beautify * decorate * deck * grace * ornament * prettify * See also