Meaning & use
beautify
To make someone or something more attractive or pleasant to look at.
See it in a sentence
Volunteers planted flowers along Main Street to beautify the town center.
New paint and lighting helped beautify the old, run-down apartment lobby.
A note on using this word
Beautify usually applies to places or objects, while describing a person beautifying themselves can sound slightly formal.
Words with a similar meaning
adornembellish
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Words with an opposite meaning
disfigure
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