beautify

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verb

beau·​ti·​fy ˈbyü-tə-ˌfī 

beautified; beautifying

transitive verb

: to make beautiful or add beauty to

tips on how to beautify your home

intransitive verb

: to grow beautiful

beautification

ˌbyü-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

noun

beautifier

ˈbyü-tə-ˌfī(-ə)r 

noun

beautification

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noun

beau·​ti·​fi·​ca·​tion ˌbyü-tə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

plural -s

: beautifying

Synonyms of beautify

Verb

• decorate
• adorn

Choose the Right Synonym for beautify

adorn, decorate, ornament, embellish, beautify, deck, garnish mean to enhance the appearance of something by adding something unessential.

adorn implies an enhancing by something beautiful in itself.

a diamond necklace adorned her neck

decorate suggests relieving plainness or monotony by adding beauty of color or design.

decorate a birthday cake

ornament and embellish imply the adding of something extraneous, ornament stressing the heightening or setting off of the original,

a white house ornamented with green shutters

embellish often stressing the adding of superfluous or adventitious ornament.

embellish a page with floral borders

beautify adds to embellish a suggestion of counterbalancing plainness or ugliness.

will beautify the grounds with flower beds

deck implies the addition of something that contributes to gaiety, splendor, or showiness.

a house all decked out for Christmas

garnish suggests decorating with a small final touch and is used especially in referring to the serving of food.

an entrée garnished with parsley

Examples of beautify in a Sentence

Verb

Fresh flowers beautify every room.

volunteers beautified the roadside landscape by planting flowers

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Nate Coulter, the outgoing executive director of the Central Arkansas Library System, has been interested in beautifying the vacant strip of land, which is near the Main Library. — Arkansas Online, 7 July 2026

Trump this spring pledged to beautify the Reflecting Pool before the nation’s 250th birthday celebrations on July Fourth. — Steve Peoples, Fortune, 5 July 2026

Trump this spring pledged to beautify the Reflecting Pool before the nation’s 250th birthday celebrations. — Steve Peoples, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

Some have been to beautify the city in the lead-up to the nation’s 250th anniversary. — Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English bewtyfien, from beaute beauty + -fien -fy

First Known Use

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for beautify

• acidify
• alveoli
• antinomy
• areolae
• demystify
• detoxify
• disqualify
• diversify
• electrify
• exemplify
• fasciculi
• identify

Kids Definition

beautify

verb

beau·​ti·​fy ˈbyüt-ə-ˌfī 

beautified; beautifying

: to make beautiful or more beautiful

beautification

ˌbyüt-ə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

noun