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prettify
[ prit-uh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
, pret·ti·fied, pret·ti·fy·ing.
- to make pretty, especially in a small, petty way:
to prettify a natural beauty.
- to minimize or gloss over (something unpleasant):
to prettify his rude behavior.
prettify
/ ˈprɪtɪˌfaɪ /
verb
- tr to make pretty, esp in a trivial fashion; embellish
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Derived Forms
- ˈprettiˌfier, noun
- ˌprettifiˈcation, noun
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Other Words From
- pretti·fi·cation noun
- pretti·fier noun
- un·pretti·fied adjective
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Example Sentences
Or it could prettify empty, big-box stores and try to make them more welcoming.
From The Daily Beast
I must send him a little box at Christmas,—some little things to trim up his new house and prettify it.
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There is no need to prettify the record; the record, as it stands, in all its crude natural colors, is good enough.
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It is not the function of the biographer any more than it is that of a dentist to prettify his subject.
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"Let no one think that they can force me to prettify my types," he said.
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