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pretty (up)

verb

ˈpri-tē How to pronounce pretty (up) (audio)
Definition of pretty (up)next
as in to adorn
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pretty (up)
  1. adorn
  2. decorate
Verb
  • The Star-Telegram watched filming from a distance and saw an all-black car with a camera adorned to its roof driving behind a black sedan and black SUV.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The delicate construction consisted of a high neck and long sleeves adorned with mauve silk bows at the wrists.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of adorn
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  • Floor-to-ceiling glass walls let a lot of light into the space, which is decorated in tones of gray, with dark wood herring bone floors in the bar.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The cakes were mostly straightforward iced and decorated affairs, and were nothing that the man—or more likely the woman—in the street wouldn’t recognize as cake.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of decorate
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“Pretty (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pretty%20%28up%29. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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