Dictionary Definition
beautify
Verb
2 be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the
tables everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish]
3 make more attractive by adding ornament,
colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself
for the special day" [syn: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish] [also: beautified]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
IPA: /ˈbju.tə.faɪ/Related terms
Translations
to make beautiful or more beautiful
- Czech: krášlit
- Finnish: kaunistaa
- German: verschönern, ausschmücken
- Hebrew: ,
- Latin: decoro, extollo, orno
- Italian: abbellire
- Portuguese: embelezar
- Russian: украшать (ukrashat')
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
adorn,
array, become one,
bedeck, bedizen, blazon, color, cultivate, dandify, deck, deck out, decorate, develop, dizen, doll up, dress, dress up, elaborate, embellish, emblazon, embroider, enrich, evolve, fig out, finish, fix up, furbish, garnish, glamorize, grace, gussy up, mature, ornament, paint, perfect, polish, prank, prank up, preen, prettify, pretty up, primp, primp up, prink, prink up, redecorate, redo, refine, refurbish, ripen, season, set off, set out,
smarten, smarten up,
spruce up, titivate,
trick out, trick up, trim