English > fancify: 1 sense > verb 1, changeMeaning | make more beautiful. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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Synonyms | beautify, embellish, prettify |
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Narrower | become, suit | enhance the appearance of |
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dress, groom, curry | Give a neat appearance to |
dress up, window-dress | make something appear superficially attractive |
groom, neaten | care for one's external appearance |
polish, smooth, smoothen, shine | make (a surface) shine |
spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up | make neat, smart, or trim |
Broader | better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate | To make better |
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Opposite | uglify | make ugly |
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Spanish | adornar, decorar, embellecer, hermosear |
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Catalan | adornar, decorar, embellir |
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