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present participle of smarten
Synonyms & Antonyms of smartening
as in brightening, freshening
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for smartening
- adorning,
- arraying,
- beautifying,
- bedecking,
- bedizening,
- blazoning,
- caparisoning,
- decking,
- decorating,
- doing,
- doing up,
- dolling up,
- draping,
- dressing,
- embellishing,
- emblazing,
- embossing,
- enriching,
- fancifying,
- fancying up,
- festooning,
- garnishing,
- glitzing (up),
- gracing,
- gussying up,
- ornamenting,
- prettying (up),
- trimming
- braiding,
- embroidering,
- feathering,
- figuring,
- filigreeing,
- filleting,
- flouncing,
- frilling,
- fringing,
- furbelowing,
- garlanding,
- hanging,
- lacing,
- ribboning,
- swagging,
- wreathing
- diamonding,
- gemming,
- impearling,
- jeweling
- (or jewelling),
- pearling
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“Smartening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smartening. Accessed 6 Mar. 2021.
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