abbellire

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to embellish, to adorn, to beautify
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to embellish, to exaggerate
  3. (intransitive, literary) to become beautiful

Opposite of
imbruttire
Frequency

47k
Hyphenated as
ab‧bel‧lì‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ab.belˈli.re/
Etymology

From a- + bello + -ire.

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