What is another word for embroidering ?

Embellishment or exaggeration in the description of an event

blowing up out of all proportion

adornment

making a big thing out of something

stretching of the truth

mountain out of molehill

overegging the pudding

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Noun

The action of the verb to sew

Verb

Present participle for to add embroidered stitching or adornment to (a fabric)

adding finishing touches

adding the finishing touch to

glamorizing^US

glamorising^UK

remodeling^US

remodelling^UK

adding bells and whistles

giving something a facelift

stenciling^US

stencilling^UK

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“As a little girl I used to watch my aunt embroider pillow-covers, handkerchiefs, dupattas, baby-dresses, you name it.”

Verb

Present participle for to describe or express in too exaggerated terms

making a mountain out of a molehill

dramatising^UK

dramatizing^US

making federal case

enlarging on

jazzing up

exaggerating information

overplaying

overdrawing

laying it on thick

emphasizing^US

blowing up out of all proportion

emphasising^UK

making a big thing out of

laying it on with a trowel

making too much of something

blowing out of proportion

making a big thing of

making a production out of

blowing something out of all proportion

laying it on with a shovel

making a federal case of

making a drama out of a crisis

putting flesh on the bones of

making a production of

adding to

building on

making a big deal out of something

interlarding

blowing up out of proportion

making a mountain out of

evolving

magnifying importance

explicating

making a song and dance about

maximizing^US

maximising^UK

belabouring^UK

belaboring^US

making a big thing about

going overboard with

playing on heartstrings

giving color to

playing to gallery

making a performance of

playing to the gallery

overstating the case

paying extravagant compliments

laying on with a trowel

embellishing the truth

sweet-talking

soft-soaping

overdoing it

giving fulsome praise

laying it on thick about

bigging up

laying it on with a trowel about

dwelling on

stressing

laboring^US

labouring^UK

allowing too much for

attaching too much importance to

laying too much stress on

overcalculating

going on and on about

going over the top about

attaching too much weight to

idealizing^US

idealising^UK

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“The author tends to embroider the protagonist's abilities, making him seem almost superhuman.”

Verb

Present participle for to alter something from its true state, typically to deceive

giving a false account of

quoting out of context

hyperbolizing

taking out of context

dramatizing^US

dramatising^UK

biasing^US

biassing^UK

giving a false idea of

creating out of thin air

misspeaking

cooking the books

telling stories

putting the wrong slant on

telling untruths

departing from the truth

not telling the truth

inventing a story

bearing false witness

telling a terminological inexactitude

doctoring up

weighting

misattributing

giving a false impression of

moulding^UK

molding^US

putting words in someone's mouth

manoeuvring^UK

maneuvering^US

giving a false picture of

devising

arranging fraudulently

making adjustments to

making changes to

making alterations to

saying something untrue

perjuring oneself

putting on the wrong track

breaking promise

throwing off the scent

leading astray

BSing

giving the wrong impression

sending on a wild goose chase

speaking with forked tongue

telling a little white lie

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

pulling someone's leg

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Verb

Present participle for to use a needle to pass thread repeatedly through pieces of fabric

Verb

Present participle for to increase or augment, especially in detail or information

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