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Definition of prettify in English: prettifyverbprettified, prettifying, prettifies ˈprɪtɪfʌɪˈprɪdəˌfaɪ [with object]Make (someone or something) appear superficially pretty or attractive. nothing has been done to prettify the site Example sentencesExamples - And finally, all cultures, I suspect, idealize and prettify some forms of sin.
- In the minds of many it may be prettified and romanticised, but the need for it is strong notwithstanding.
- At the same time, he doesn't prettify the conditions for the people who live there.…
- There is no bid to prettify the objective of wanting to smash your opponents.
- This time around, the government has once again sought to prettify the figures.
- There are other many things in the city - the magnificent city castle, the newly prettified docklands area, the theatre and museum.
- It prettifies revolution, ennobles change, and gives disruption credibility.
- However, the opposite of cynically or insensitively dismissing people's difficulties is not prettifying their behavior.
- Even the politicians didn't prettify the situation.
- A potent feminine signifier, bustles exaggerate and prettify the rear without offering a conspicuous come-on.
- There's a tendency sometimes to paper over the emotional cracks, to smooth the corners and prettify them, to paint over the distressed finish… and that's a big mistake.
- Individuals may come and go but, year after year, in an all but unvarying pattern, reporters end up demonising official enemies and prettifying their own government's crimes.
- Baby sister, are you done prettifying yourself yet?
- But money from regeneration schemes often end up prettifying some parts of a city, while more deprived areas are left to rot.
- Some York street names have been prettified over the years.
- I get to leave work a little bit early today so I can run home and prettify myself.
- He tries to rehabilitate himself in today's column: ‘Don't prettify our history.’
- On inspection, the colours were wrong, ditto the texture and the screws that prettified the straps.
- He may have been prettified - and shrunk - by Mel Gibson's portrayal, but William Wallace remains one of Scotland's biggest heroes.
- One wants to ask: whence comes this desire to prettify thugs and murderers?
Synonyms beautify, make attractive, make pretty, pretty up, titivate, dress up, adorn, ornament, embellish, trick out, decorate, smarten (up), glamorize, prink, preen, primp informal doll up, do up, give something a facelift British informal tart up
Derivatives noun prɪtɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n Aldeburgh is the next coastal town south of Southwold but it remains partially immune to characterful paintwork and prettification. Example sentencesExamples - Not all these external changes are mere acts of prettification, of course.
- Lyne has been criticised in the past for prettification, but seldom, if ever, for not knowing how to say goodbye.
- But one can pull the throttle back too far, in the direction of idealization or prettification.
- Then there has been all this pre-meeting prettification of York for the benefit of those posh patrons of Ascot.
- I'm going to have a bit of a spring-clean of the blog later, inspired by Orbyn's site prettification, but I thought I'd post something first.
- With little opportunity for prettification, they struggled - Reyes, when he should have been going forward, spent most of the half going back.
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Definition of prettify in US English: prettifyverbˈprɪdəˌfaɪˈpridəˌfī [with object]Make (someone or something) appear superficially pretty or attractive. nothing has been done to prettify the site Example sentencesExamples - One wants to ask: whence comes this desire to prettify thugs and murderers?
- A potent feminine signifier, bustles exaggerate and prettify the rear without offering a conspicuous come-on.
- On inspection, the colours were wrong, ditto the texture and the screws that prettified the straps.
- In the minds of many it may be prettified and romanticised, but the need for it is strong notwithstanding.
- I get to leave work a little bit early today so I can run home and prettify myself.
- It prettifies revolution, ennobles change, and gives disruption credibility.
- There are other many things in the city - the magnificent city castle, the newly prettified docklands area, the theatre and museum.
- There is no bid to prettify the objective of wanting to smash your opponents.
- However, the opposite of cynically or insensitively dismissing people's difficulties is not prettifying their behavior.
- And finally, all cultures, I suspect, idealize and prettify some forms of sin.
- But money from regeneration schemes often end up prettifying some parts of a city, while more deprived areas are left to rot.
- This time around, the government has once again sought to prettify the figures.
- He may have been prettified - and shrunk - by Mel Gibson's portrayal, but William Wallace remains one of Scotland's biggest heroes.
- Some York street names have been prettified over the years.
- At the same time, he doesn't prettify the conditions for the people who live there.…
- Even the politicians didn't prettify the situation.
- Individuals may come and go but, year after year, in an all but unvarying pattern, reporters end up demonising official enemies and prettifying their own government's crimes.
- He tries to rehabilitate himself in today's column: ‘Don't prettify our history.’
- There's a tendency sometimes to paper over the emotional cracks, to smooth the corners and prettify them, to paint over the distressed finish… and that's a big mistake.
- Baby sister, are you done prettifying yourself yet?
Synonyms beautify, make attractive, make pretty, pretty up, titivate, dress up, adorn, ornament, embellish, trick out, decorate, smarten, smarten up, glamorize, prink, preen, primp
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