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prettied (up)

verb

past tense of pretty (up)
as in decorated
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming you could pretty up the room rather inexpensively simply by painting it

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  1. decorated
  2. adorned
Verb
  • Linn’s, decorated with vintage bikes mounted along its high walls, lived up to the hype.
    — David G. Allan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
  • But the couple were happy in their little cottage in the small hamlet of Lee-on-the-Solent, which Leigh decorated in her famously romantic style.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of decorated
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  • Post-ballet, Sorbara will walk ten blocks south of Lincoln Center for a borscht martini at Russian Samovar, where, fittingly, the walls are adorned with pictures of Baryshnikov.
    — Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The centerpiece of the look was her cutout dress and its plunging neckline adorned with intricate metallic sequin detailing.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of adorned
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“Prettied (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prettied%20%28up%29. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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