prettify
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.
Origin of prettify
1Other words from prettify
- pret·ti·fi·ca·tion, noun
- pret·ti·fi·er, noun
- un·pret·ti·fied, adjective
Words Nearby prettify
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How to use prettify in a sentence
Or it could prettify empty, big-box stores and try to make them more welcoming.
I must send him a little box at Christmas,—some little things to trim up his new house and prettify it.
Hildegarde's Harvest | Laura E. RichardsThere is no need to prettify the record; the record, as it stands, in all its crude natural colors, is good enough.
Proclaim Liberty! | Gilbert SeldesIt is not the function of the biographer any more than it is that of a dentist to prettify his subject.
The Art of Letters | Robert Lynd"Let no one think that they can force me to prettify my types," he said.
Jean Francois Millet | Estelle M. Hurll
British Dictionary definitions for prettify
/ (ˈprɪtɪˌfaɪ) /
(tr) to make pretty, esp in a trivial fashion; embellish
Derived forms of prettify
- prettification, noun
- prettifier, noun
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