embellish

/ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ/

意味: 飾る、美化する

例文: Lena embellished truth with sparkles.
　　  レナが真実をキラキラで美化。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: embellish a story(話を美化する), embellish a room(部屋を飾る), embellish a cake(ケーキを飾る)

定義: 何かをもっと美しく、または興味深くするために装飾や詳細を加えることです。例えば、話をもっと面白くするために事実を少し変えたり、部屋をもっと魅力的にするために飾りを加えたりします。

embellishは約3,000,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: add details to
Verb: be beautiful to look at
Verb: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
Verb: make more beautiful

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She decided to embellish her dress with sequins.(彼女はドレスにスパンコールを飾ることにした。)
Writers often embellish stories to make them more interesting.(作家は物語をより面白くするために装飾することが多い。)
The artist used gold leaf to embellish the frame.(その画家は額縁に金箔を施した。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: Flowers adorned the tables everywhere
Verb: Decorate the room for the party
Verb: beautify yourself for the special day

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): adorn, aggrandise, aggrandize, beautify, blow up, deck, decorate, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, fancify, grace, lard, ornament, pad, prettify

Antonyms(反意語): uglify

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): be, better, change, overstate

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abound, accelerate, accept, account, account for, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, act, activate, adjust, advance, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, answer, antiquate, antique, appear, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automatize, awaken, bake, balance, barb, barbarize, be well, beat, begin, belong, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boast, boil, break, break down, breathe, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, build, build up, buy, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, come in for, come in handy, commercialize, communize, commute, compact, compare, complicate, condense, condition, confuse, connect, consist, constitutionalize, contain, contaminate, continue, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, cost, count, counterchange, cover, crack, cry, customize, cut, cut across, damage, darken, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, deck, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depend, depersonalize, depolarize, desensitize, deserve, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, disagree, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, distribute, diverge, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, educate, embrittle, embroider, emend, empty, emulsify, enable, end, enhance, enrich, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, extend, exteriorize, fall, fancify, fatten, feel, feminize, fertilize, figure, fill, fit, fix, flatten, flocculate, freeze, frenchify, fructify, full, gape, gelatinize, glamorize, glorify, go, gravitate, habituate, hail, hang, harmonize, harshen, head, heat, help, hold, hoodoo, hue, hum, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, impend, inactivate, incandesce, incarnate, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, iridesce, iron out, islamize, isomerize, jumble, kill, laicize, legitimate, lend, let go, liberalize, lie, lifehack, lift, liquefy, litter, loiter, look, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, make sense, mark, masculinize, measure, mechanize, militarize, mince, mix, mope, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, object, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, osculate, ossify, outmode, overemphasize, owe, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, pay, perfect, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, point, poison, polarize, polish, politicize, port, press, professionalize, promise, proof, prostrate, prove, purify, put, put out, radicalize, rage, raise, range, rank, rarefy, rate, rationalize, recognize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, regenerate, relate, relax, relieve, remain, remodel, repair, represent, rest, restore, retard, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, run, run into, rusticate, rut, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, seem, seethe, sell, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shine, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, sparkle, specify, spice, spike, sputter, squat, stabilize, stagnate, stain, stand, stand by, stay, steepen, stick, stiffen, still, stink, straighten, strengthen, string, substitute, subtend, suburbanize, suck, suffer, suit, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, swim, swing, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, tend, tender, tense, territorialize, test, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, total, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transplant, transpose, trim, turn, turn around, turn back, uglify, unclutter, underlie, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, upgrade, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, want, warm, wash, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, wind, work, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): applique, bead, become, bedizen, bejewel, braid, caparison, color, deck, dress, dress ship, dress up, emblazon, embroider, enamel, encrust, festoon, fillet, flag, fledge, foliate, fret, fringe, garland, gild, gild the lily, glorify, groom, hang, illuminate, illustrate, inlay, lacquer, landscape, ornament, panel, pipe, polish, prank, redecorate, scallop, smock, spangle, spruce up, stick, stucco, tart up, tinsel, trim, vermiculate, wreathe

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: adornment, aggrandisement, aggrandizement, beautification, beauty, decor, decoration, decorative, decorator, drama, embellishment, embroidery, grace, ornament, ornamentation

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞): em

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検1級

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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