1. beautify(v = verb.change) embellish, fancify, prettify - make more beautiful;
is one way to ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
Antonym: uglify
Derived forms noun beautification1, noun beauty1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
2. beautify(v = verb.stative) adorn, deck, decorate, embellish, grace - be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
is one way to be
Derived forms noun beautification1, noun beauty1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
3. beautify(v = verb.creation) adorn, decorate, embellish, grace, ornament - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived forms noun beautification1, noun beauty1
Sample sentences:
They beautify the halls with holly
To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish. [1913 Webster]
"The arts that beautify and polish life." [1913 Webster]
To become beautiful; to advance in beauty. Addison. [1913 Webster]
beautify, v.tr. (-ies, -ied) make beautiful; adorn.
Derivative:
beautification n. beautifier n.
VB be beautiful, shine, beam, bloom, become one, set off, grace, render beautiful, beautify, polish, burnish, gild, set out, snatch a grace beyond the reach of art.
VB ornament, overlay with ornament, overcharge, smell of the lamp, ornament, embellish, enrich, decorate, adorn, bead, beautify, adonize, smarten, furbish, polish, gild, varnish, whitewash, enamel, japan, lacquer, paint, grain, garnish, trim, dizen, bedizen, prink, prank, trick out, fig out, deck, bedeck, dight, bedight, array, begawd, titivate, dress, dress up, spangle, bespangle, powder, embroider, work, chase, emboss, fret, emblazon, illuminate, illustrate, become.