embroidery

noun

1 my mother decided I should learn embroidery:

needlework, needlepoint, needlecraft, sewing, cross stitch, tatting, crochet, crewel work;

tapestry, sampler.

2 fanciful embroidery of the facts:

elaboration, embellishment, adornment, ornamentation, coloring, enhancement;

exaggeration, overstatement, hyperbole;

touching up, dressing up, gilding, varnishing, gingering up;

informal jazzing up.

▷antonyms simplification.