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Prettify

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WordDefinition
embellishverbTo make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
beautifyverb(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.

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uglifyverb(transitive) To make ugly; to destroy or worsen the appearance or attractiveness of.

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beautifyverb(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
embellishverbTo make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
glorifyverb(transitive) To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
preenverb(of birds, ambitransitive) To groom; to trim or dress the feathers with the beak.
whitewashverb(transitive) To paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash (noun noun, sense 1).
prettyPleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.
pretty upverb(informal, ambitransitive) To make pretty.
dress upverb(intransitive) To put on special or fancy clothes.
cosmeticizeverbTo make attractive, to superficially improve the appearance of
pimp upverb(informal, transitive) To decorate or prettify in a showy manner.
cosmeticiseverbAlternative form of cosmeticize. [To make attractive, to superficially improve the appearance of]
adornverbTo make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
spiff upverb(transitive, slang, idiomatic) To decorate or otherwise make more attractive.
fancifyverb(transitive) To make fancy.
snazz upverb(transitive, chiefly US, informal) To improve appearance or appeal by increasing stylishness or functionality, or by adding other attractive features.
pimp outverb(slang, US, transitive) To make showy improvements to; to adorn or beautify.
prinknounThe act of adjusting one's dress or appearance; the act of sprucing oneself up.
decorateverb(ambitransitive) To improve the appearance of an interior of, as a house, room, or office.
style upverb(transitive) To render stylish, to give a fashionable turn to.
glam upverb(informal, intransitive) To make oneself more glamorous.

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