embellishing

em-bel-lish-ing

verb

Adding decorative details to something, or making a story more interesting by adding extra details.

"She was embellishing the cake with intricate icing."

Thesaurus

Synonyms: grace, deck, decorate, adorn, embellish, beautify, ornament, dramatise, aggrandise, blow up, pad, aggrandize

Antonyms: uglify