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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The script adorns its skein of criminal dealings with idiosyncratic action, too.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025 -
Inside, colorful portraits of the actor Steve McQueen and the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat adorn the walls, and an ’80s soundtrack (Peter Gabriel, Simply Red, the Pretenders) provides a quiet rock background.—
Seth Sherwood,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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Country Music Hall of Fame member Minnie Pearl's straw hat, decorated with cloth flowers and dangling $1.98 price tag, worn at her Opry debut in 1940.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
22 Aug. 2025
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The movie is an empty shell ornately decorated with eyecatching camera angles, an acidulously sun-bright palette, and whimsical dialogue.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Pretty (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pretty%20%28up%29. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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