overembellish
verb[IorT]
(alsoover-embellish)uk/ˌəʊ.vər.ɪmˈbel.ɪʃ/us/ˌoʊ.vɚ.ɪmˈbel.ɪʃ/toaddtoo manydetailsto something, usually in aneffortto make itbetter, or moreinterestingorexciting:
Don't overembellishyourskillsorexperienceonyourCV.
I have atendencyto over-embellish withdetails, but thistimeIresistedtheurge.
- Suggestideas, but don't overembellish them, and you willallowthereadertofollowtheirimagination.
- If you over-embellishyourstoriesinorderto make apoint, you maylosetheattentionofyourlistener.
- Unlike manymusicianstoday, she doesn't overembellish.
Exaggerating & playing down
- alarmist
- bloviate
- blowsomethingout of proportionidiom
- cartoonish
- catastrophize
- dramatization
- dramatize
- exaggerate
- minimize
- OTT
- over-egg
- overboard
- overdramatic
- overdramatize
- overexaggerate
- overplay
- overstatement
- pile
- proportion
- stretch the truthidiom