Thesaurus / prettify
FEEDBACK- adorn
- beautify
- bedeck
- clothe
- decorate
- embellish
- festoon
- accouter
- appoint
- array
- attire
- dress
- garland
- garnish
- grace
- ornament
- primp
- slick
- trim
- dress up
- gussy up
- attire
- clothe
- deck out
- embellish
- spruce up
- array
- beautify
- fit out
- fix up
- gussy up
- improve
- overdress
- preen
- primp
- prink
- slick
- smarten
- spiff up
- titivate
- adorn
- beautify
- bedeck
- embellish
- embroider
- festoon
- fix up
- spruce up
- array
- bedizen
- brighten
- deck
- dress
- enrich
- garnish
- gild
- grace
- polish
- prank
- primp
- prink
- trim
- dress up
- ornamentalize
- smarten
- abate
- allay
- alleviate
- assuage
- camouflage
- cloak
- conceal
- condone
- cover
- diminish
- disguise
- dissemble
- ease
- exculpate
- excuse
- extenuate
- hide
- justify
- lessen
- lighten
- mask
- minimize
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- qualify
- relieve
- screen
- soften
- soothe
- sugarcoat
- temper
- varnish
- veil
- veneer
- vindicate
- white
- whiten
- whitewash
- apologize for
- gloze
- hush up
- make light of
- put on a Band-Aid
- quick fix
- accuse
- aggravate
- agitate
- allow
- blacken
- blame
- burden
- condemn
- darken
- depress
- disclose
- divulge
- enlarge
- expose
- extend
- incite
- increase
- intensify
- irritate
- lay bare
- let out
- magnify
- open
- prolong
- provoke
- reveal
- sentence
- show
- strip
- tell
- trouble
- uncover
- unmask
- upset
- worry
- worsen
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use prettify in a sentence
I must send him a little box at Christmas,—some little things to trim up his new house and prettify it.
HILDEGARDE'S HARVESTLAURA E. RICHARDSThere is no need to prettify the record; the record, as it stands, in all its crude natural colors, is good enough.
PROCLAIM LIBERTY!GILBERT SELDESIt is not the function of the biographer any more than it is that of a dentist to prettify his subject.
THE ART OF LETTERSROBERT LYND"Let no one think that they can force me to prettify my types," he said.
JEAN FRANCOIS MILLETESTELLE M. HURLLWORDS RELATED TO PRETTIFY
- abate
- allay
- alleviate
- apologize for
- assuage
- camouflage
- cloak
- conceal
- condone
- cover
- diminish
- disguise
- dissemble
- ease
- exculpate
- excuse
- extenuate
- gloze
- hide
- hush up
- justify
- lessen
- lighten
- make light of
- mask
- minimize
- mitigate
- moderate
- mollify
- prettify
- put on a Band-Aid
- qualify
- quick fix
- relieve
- screen
- soften
- soothe
- sugarcoat
- temper
- varnish
- veil
- veneer
- vindicate
- white
- whiten
- whitewash
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.