embroidering

NOUN

embellishment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adornment coloring embroidery ornamentation

STRONG

decoration elaboration enhancement enrichment floridity frill fuss garnish gilding gingerbread ornament ostentation overstatement

WEAK

fandangle flowery speech froufrou icing on the cake

Antonyms

STRONG

plainness

WEAK

disfigurement simplification spoliation

NOUN

hyperbole

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hype metaphor overstatement

STRONG

PR amplification coloring distortion embellishment enlargement magnification

WEAK

big talk laying it on thick mountain out of molehill tall talk

Antonyms

STRONG

compression decrease lessening

WEAK

understatement

NOUN

sewing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

patching tailoring

STRONG

backstitching darning dressmaking mending needlecraft needlework seaming stitchery

Example Sentences

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Broidering pearls will not boil the kettle worth a cent!

From In Times Like These by McClung, Nellie L.