| VERB | change | prettify, fancify, beautify, embellish | make more beautiful |
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| Meaning | make more beautiful. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | fancify, beautify, embellish | |
| Narrower | become, suit | enhance the appearance of |
| 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 |
| Opposite | uglify | make ugly |
| Spanish | adornar, decorar, embellecer, hermosear | |
| Catalan | adornar, decorar, embellir | |
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