verb

1. To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.

   “The old book cover was embellished with golden letters”

2. To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, to embroider.

   “to embellish a story, the truth”

Synonyms: adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, grace, ornament, prettify

noun

1. An embellishment.

   “His many embellishings of the tale stretched the credulity of the listeners.”