beautified 1 of 2

adjective

as in adorned

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beautified

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verb

past tense of beautify
as in decorated
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming volunteers beautified the roadside landscape by planting flowers

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Recent Examples of beautified
Verb
The Task Force has driven down crime, beautified the city, and improved quality of life for countless individuals. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 And almost everything at the plaza level itself has been updated and beautified. — Siafa Lewis, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026 Muralist Kian Dubay, of Pittsburgh, traveling with fellow artist Phil Seth, beautified a dingy basketball goal north of the Valparaiso Creates Center on Indiana Avenue. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025 It wasn’t instigated by formal education or a big career, but from simply being around the work, watching things get built, fixed, and beautified. — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beautified
  1. trimmed
  2. adorned
  3. decorated
  4. enriched
  5. decked
  6. dressed
  7. embellished
  8. garnished
Adjective
  • The fix is usually a trimmed hedge and a simple letter.
    — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026
  • Prevent ant hills by maintaining trimmed grass, removing debris, tilling soil, and planting pest-repellent herbs like mint or basil.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2026
Definition of trimmed
Verb
  • Hoffman noticed the flower baskets that once adorned trees around Fourth Ward disappeared.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Others were adorned with flowers and even full outfits to coordinate with the rest of the wedding party.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of adorned
Adjective
  • There are several good options here, but Perkins was a decorated player his first two years at LSU before an ACL tear altered his path.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 29 July 2026
  • Australian authorities have arrested and charged the country's most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, 47, with five war crime murders allegedly committed during the war in Afghanistan.
    — Elaine Mallon, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of decorated
Adjective
  • Shortly before the war started, Iran had offered to halt domestic enrichment, remove its existing enriched uranium, and allow for the return of International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors.
    — Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Centrus expects its domestic enrichment expansion to target a global market where enriched uranium supply remains constrained.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of enriched
Adjective
  • The Kansas City brewery is calling it the Boulevard Yard, meant to feel like a decked out backyard.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
  • Ben Stiller, Spike Lee, Nas and Tracy Morgan are all decked out in their Knicks best for Game Four of the NBA Finals on June 10 in New York City.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Definition of decked
Adjective
  • Even better, Nicole Chavez, who has dressed stars like Bell, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Rachel Bilson, included them in her fall edit with Quince.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026
  • If possible, visit the school before the first day, practice waking up at the time children will need to get up and walk through the normal morning routine, from breakfast to getting dressed.
    — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of dressed
Adjective
  • The black and off-white shoes accompanied black leather pants, a black top and an embellished off-white jacket.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
  • The variations of embellished mini dresses, column gowns and pant suits on the runways this season served as proof.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Definition of embellished
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, the everyday American who borrowed in good faith has been pursued, garnished and financially ruined when things go wrong, while the universities that pocketed the money walk away without consequence.
    — Michael Carbonara, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of garnished

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