Synonyms of embossing

embossing

verb

present participle of emboss

as in decorating

to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming

the simple country church has an aura of serene spirituality that is often missing in more embossed houses of worship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decorating
• adorning
• draping
• trimming
• embellishing
• ornamenting
• dressing
• garnishing
• painting
• decking
• beautifying
• enriching
• blazoning
• gussying up
• festooning
• arraying
• doing up
• bedecking
• gracing
• prettying (up)
• dolling up
• doing
• fancifying
• embroidering
• caparisoning
• bedizening
• emblazing
• glitzing (up)
• fancying up
• accessorizing
• trapping
• brightening
• ribboning
• gilding
• frilling
• braiding
• jeweling
• appliquéing
• jewelling
• tricking (out)
• dressing up
• feathering
• freshening
• swagging
• fringing
• sprucing (up)
• chasing
• hanging
• garlanding
• lacing
• smartening
• filleting
• flouncing
• figuring
• bossing
• wreathing
• filigreeing
• pearling
• redoing
• redecorating
• gemming
• diamonding
• impearling
• furbelowing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disfiguring
• scarring
• marring
• streamlining
• spoiling
• defacing
• simplifying
• displaying
• revealing
• stripping
• exposing
• uncovering
• blemishing
• dismantling
• baring
• denuding
• divesting
• uglifying