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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
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  • Rooms and suites are classically decorated, with cream linens, tan-colored leather headboards, and pale hardwood floors.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Another fan, a nail artist, crafted spooky bespoke black and purple press-ons decorated with intricate white hares.
    — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of decorated
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  • Many of its stations look as though they were built for the tsars, clad in precious marble and adorned with mosaics, crystal chandeliers, sculptures, and gilded moldings.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • So, like many of the girls my age, my bedroom walls were adorned with posters of Britney Spears, the Pussycat Dolls, and the Spice Girls.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 15 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 18 Sep. 2026.

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