cosmetize

American

[koz-mi-tahyz] / ˈkɒz mɪˌtaɪz /

especially British, cosmetise

verb (used with object)

cosmetized, cosmetizing

to cosmeticize.

Etymology

Origin of cosmetize

cosmet(ic) + -ize

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cosmetize cosmetized

Their stand was contra American intervention in the war, and it is remarkable that the author makes no attempt to cosmetize her own bewildered views or the hard-line isolationism of her husband.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Is that sort of pickled, shellacked, cosmetized, preserved corpse where the future will be? I don't know that the answer is 'yes,'" Haneman said.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2022

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