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overembellish
verb[ I or T ]
(alsoover-embellish)uk /ˌəʊ.vər.ɪmˈbel.ɪʃ/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚ.ɪmˈbel.ɪʃ/
to add too many details to something, usually in an effort to make it better, or more interesting or exciting: 过分渲染
Don't overembellish your skills or experience on your CV.不要在简历中过分渲染您的技能或经验。
I have a tendency to over-embellish with details, but this time I resisted the urge.
Suggest ideas, but don't overembellish them, and you will allow the reader to follow their imagination.
If you over-embellish your stories in order to make a point, you may lose the attention of your listener.
Unlike many musicians today, she doesn't overembellish.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Exaggerating & playing down
bloviate
blow something out of proportionidiom
cartoonish
cartoonishly
catastrophize
fulsome
go overboardidiom
inflated
make a mountain out of a molehillidiom
make little of somethingidiom
make much of somethingidiom
make something of something/someone
meal
mildly
minimization
OTT
protest too muchidiom
romanticize
underplay
underrate
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