Definition of beautify
intransitive verb
:to grow beautiful
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Fresh flowers beautify every room.
beautified the roadside landscape by planting flowers
Recent Examples of beautify from the Web
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For decades, cities from Shanghai, China, to London have lined their avenues with trees to beautify downtown areas—and, planners hoped, cut air pollution.
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My biggest takeaway: beautifying yourself like Kim Kardashian takes a ton of work.
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The garage isn’t going anywhere, but can’t Councilman Jose Huizar encourage the owner to beautify the space with vines or foliage?
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No wonder, then, that the effort to tame and beautify death in daguerreotypes collapsed in the late 19th century.
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Volunteers descended on a corner in Milwaukee's Lindsay Heights neighborhood Sunday to plant flowers, install floral boxes and beautify a garden in honor of Za'Layia Jenkins, one of last year's youngest victims of gun violence.
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At the June 26 groundbreaking for the $3.5 million project, Mayor Anthony Copeland said the project will beautify the Harborwalk at the city's marina.
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Survivors have charged that the facade was installed to beautify their housing project for the benefit of wealthy neighbors.
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Over the years other vacant lots on this stretch of the street were beautified into miniature community spaces where kids play and neighbors gather for spontaneous barbecues and cocktail parties.
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Origin and Etymology of beautify
beautify Synonyms
Synonyms
adorn, array, decorate, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, caparison, deck, do, doll up, do up, drape, dress, embellish, emblaze, emboss, enrich, fancify, fancy up, festoon, garnish, glitz (up), grace, gussy up, ornament, pretty (up), trimAntonyms
blemish, deface, disfigure, mar, scar, spoilRelated Words
accessorize, dress up, trap, trick (out); brighten, freshen, smarten, spruce (up); boss, chase; braid, embroider, feather, figure, filigree, fillet, flounce, frill, fringe, furbelow, garland, hang, lace, ribbon, swag, wreathe; appliqué, gild, paint; diamond, gem, impearl, jewel, pearl; redecorate, redoNear Antonyms
simplify, streamline; bare, denude, dismantle, display, divest, expose, reveal, strip, uncover; uglifySynonym Discussion of 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.
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- a diamond necklace adorned her neck
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- decorate a birthday cake
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- a white house ornamented with green shutters
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- embellish a page with floral borders
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- will beautify the grounds with flower beds
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- a house all decked out for Christmas
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- an entrée garnished with parsley
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