Beautify
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbjuː.tɪ.faɪ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Beautify is a verb meaning (transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
Meaning
(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, rare) To become beautiful.
- (intransitive, rare) To make oneself beautiful.
- (programming) Synonym of pretty-print.
Example Sentences
[…] she was at the other end of the room, beautifying a nosegay;
“[…] I’m so thankful for friendship. It beautifies life so much.”
‘Boy, you take a big chance,’ Moses say. ‘Them pigeons there to beautify the park, not to eat. The people over here will kill you if you touch a fly.’
[…] it must be a Prospect pleasing to God himself, to see his Creation for ever beautifying in his Eyes, and drawing nearer to him, by greater Degrees of Resemblance.
Word Forms
- beautifies
- beautifying
- beautified
Synonyms for beautify
Depending on context, synonyms include adorn, decorate, ornament, prettify, pretty-print, embellish.
Antonyms for beautify
Common opposites include blight, deface, disfigure, mar, uglify, minify.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prettify, grace, embellish, adorn, ornament, decorate.
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