prettify

Main Entry:
beautify [byoo-tuh-fahy]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make more physically attractive
Synonyms: adorn, array, bedeck, deck, decorate, dress up, embellish, enhance, garnish, gild, glamorize, grace, improve, make up, ornament, prettify, set off, trim
Antonyms: disfigure, harm, injure, mar, spoil
Main Entry: dress up
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put on one's best clothes
Synonyms: array, attire, beautify, clothe, deck out, embellish, fit out, fix up, gussy up, improve, overdress, preen, prettify, primp, prink, slick, smarten, spiff up, spruce up, titivate
Antonyms: dress casually, dress down
Main Entry: ornament
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: decorate
Synonyms: adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, brighten, deck, dress, dress up, embellish, embroider, enrich, festoon, fix up, garnish, gild, grace, ornamentalize, polish, prank, prettify, primp, prink, smarten, spruce up, trim
Antonyms: leave alone
Main Entry: palliate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: gloss over; cover up
Synonyms: abate, allay, alleviate, apologize for, assuage, camouflage, cloak, conceal, condone, cover, diminish, disguise, dissemble, ease, exculpate, excuse, extenuate, gloze, hide, hush up, justify, lessen, lighten, make light of, mask, minimize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, prettify, put on a Band-Aid, qualify, quick fix, relieve, screen, soften, soothe, sugarcoat, temper, varnish, veil, veneer, vindicate, white, whiten, whitewash
Antonyms: accuse, blame, condemn
Main Entry: preen
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: admire and clean oneself
Synonyms: beautify, clean, doll up, groom, prettify, pretty, primp, prink, spruce up, tidy
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Ornament.
Category: 2. Discriminative Affections
Synonyms:
-nouns
ornament, ornamentation, ornamental art; ornature, ornateness; adornment, decoration, embellishment; architecture., garnish, polish, varnish, French polish, gilding, japanning, lacquer, ormolu, enamel, cosmetics., pattern, diaper, powdering, paneling, graining, pargeting; detail; texture; richness; tracery, molding, fillet, listel, strapwork, coquillage, flourish, fleur-de-lis, arabesque, fret, anthemion; egg and tongue, egg and dart; astragal, zigzag, acanthus, cartouche; pilaster (projection); bead, beading; champleve ware, cloisonne ware; frost work, Moresque, Morisco, tooling., embroidery; brocade, brocatelle, galloon, lace, fringe, trapping, border, edging, trimming; hanging, tapestry, arras; millinery, ermine; drap d'or., wreath, festoon, garland, chaplet, flower, nosegay, bouquet, posy, "daisies pied and biolets blue" [L.L.L.], tassel, knot; shoulder knot, apaulette, epaulet, aigulet, frog; star, rosette, bow; feather, plume, panache, aigrette., jewel, jewelry, jewellery; bijoutry; bijou, bijouterie; trinket; locket, necklace, bracelet, anklet; earring; locket, carcanet; chain, chatelaine; broach, torque., gem, precious stone; diamond, brilliant, beryl, emerald, chalcedony, agate, heliotrope; girasol, girasole; onyx, plasma; sard, sardonyx; garnet, lapis lazuli, opal, peridot, chrysolite; sapphire, ruby; spinel, spinelle; balais; oriental, oriental topaz; turquois, turquoise; zircon, jacinth, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst; alexandrite, cat's eye, bloodstone, hematite, jasper, moonstone, sunstone., pearl, coral., finery, frippery, gewgaw, gimcrack, tinsel, spangle, clinquant, pinchbeck, paste; excess of ornament (vulgarity); gaud, pride., illustration, illumination, vignette., fleuron; head piece, tail piece; cul-de-lampe; flowers of rhetoric; work of art.
-verbs
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 (accord with).
-adjectives
ornamented, beautified; ornate, rich, gilt, begilt, tesselated, festooned; champleve, cloisonne, topiary., smart, gay, trickly, flowery, glittering; new gilt, new spangled; fine as a Mayday queen, fine as a fivepence, fine as a carrot fresh scraped; pranked out, bedlight, well-groomed., in full dress (fashion); dressed to advantage; in Sunday best, en grand tenue, en grande toilette; in best bib and tucker, endimanche., showy, flashy; gaudy (vulgar); garish, gairish; gorgeous., ornamental, decorative; becoming (accordant).
Antonyms: simplicity; blemish
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