to prettify
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5.0
- verb
- /ˈprɛtiˌfaɪ/
- She decided to prettify her living room with new curtains and colorful cushions.
Examples
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If you want to give your iPad mini a personal touch, you can head to Settings and pick either a stock wallpaper or an image from your Gallery to prettify your home screen and your lock screen.
Blog text (13) -
After that... you must take off those slummocky clothes... and prettify yourself.
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Well, a lot of people say it's about making things look pretty, which it is.
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Now, go get yourself all prettified.
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I want things to look prettified.
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To prepare for the party, he took some time to prettify the garden with flowers and decorations.
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The artist worked to prettify the plain walls by adding vibrant murals and artwork.
Synonyms
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4.0
Make something better or more attractive
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1.9
To make something look nicer by adding paint, ornaments, or other items
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4.1
To make a place or person look neat and smart
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3.8
Make small changes to something to improve how it looks
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3.8
To make yourself or a place look cleaner and nicer
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3.8
To add small items like jewelry or scarves to clothes to make them look nicer
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5.8
To make someone or something look more attractive and exciting than they really are
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3.2
To make a place or person more attractive by adding decorations like paint
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3.0
Make a room look cleaner and nicer with small changes
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4.2
To make small changes to the look of hair or a photo
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8.7
Make something or someone look fancier by adding decorations
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3.9
To make someone or something look neater and more attractive
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6.3
To make something more beautiful by adding decorative details
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2.5
Put paint on something to make it look better
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3.4
Make something look nicer or more attractive for a special event
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5.8
To make something better in how it works or how it looks
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8.0
To make something look neater and more attractive with small changes
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5.7
Make something look nicer by adding decorations
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3.7
To add decorations to something to make it look nicer
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6.9
Give something a soft, attractive look by changing its style or design
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7.2
Make a person or place look neater and nicer by cleaning and adding small things
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6.5
Make something look more stylish and attractive
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6.3
Make something seem more attractive than it really is
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7.5
To make something look more beautiful or artistic
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7.7
Make something look more attractive by adding decorations
To make something or yourself look neat and attractive
Antonyms
How Attractive
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3.4
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3.2
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- Informal
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3.8
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3.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Prettify comes from the everyday word pretty plus the suffix -fy which means 'make', just like beautify; so to prettify something is to 'make it pretty', often only on the surface.