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adjective

as in adorned

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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
Capen saw beyond what NBC’s cameras colored and beautified in pastels on Friday night prime time. — Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026 As Washington is beautified at great expense, officials told me, vital needs at dozens of national parks are not being filled. — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026 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
  • Shares of the drive-thru coffee company are down more than 11% after light comps, slowing traffic, and a trimmed full-year outlook.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The seat is the sail, trimmed and re-trimmed as the wind changes.
    — Rob Green, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of trimmed
Verb
  • Supporters had filtered into a ballroom at the Westin Galleria Dallas hotel, adorned with Texas and American flags, plus a bar and a buffet.
    — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Its vibrant orange background is adorned with maple and oak leaves.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of adorned
Adjective
  • The decorated athlete, who wore a black tank top and matching baseball cap in the clip, then panned around the space.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2026
  • 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
Definition of decorated
Adjective
  • That fuel, uranium that is not highly enriched, is in short supply in the United States.
    — Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • These dashboards can combine enriched data sets into trusted views that can, in turn, help train your in-house AI tools.
    — Marc Kermisch, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of enriched
Adjective
  • Sugar skull face painting is available for those who want to participate, but guests who come fully decked out as their best La Catrina or El Catrin are in the running to win up to $500 in gift cards for Mimosa House.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of decked
Adjective
  • Below, see Vogue’s picks for the best dressed stars at the 2026 CFDA Awards, and be sure to vote for your favorite.
    — Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026
  • While his ex-wife, Reese Witherspoon, joined Phillippe in declining to post a spooky season outfit this year, their daughter, Ava, shared a photo to her Instagram stories of herself with two friends, all dressed as cats.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of dressed
Adjective
  • The actress dressed up her go-to shoe style, wearing an embellished version of her traditional peep-toe pump to the Beverly Hills event.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Marchetto was keen to push beyond the typical bridal redesign, instead opting for tailored trousers and a matching bomber jacket with heavily embellished cuffs.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 5 Nov. 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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