as in to decorate
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
volunteers beautified the roadside landscape by planting flowers
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of beautify
But that’s just it: they’re integrated into our city’s infrastructure, hiding in plain sight, doing double duty — the way all our infrastructure must — to beautify these neighborhoods and keep us safer against deluge.
—
Jeff Roth, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
What a wonderful journey awaits any San Diegan who wants to design a garden to beautify the campus of a church, synagogue or mosque, tying their faith to modern plants that echo a hallowed past.
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Grenell, who spent the Biden years developing luxury tourist sites in Serbia and Albania, suggested at a recent meeting that Trump’s plans to beautify the center were advancing; a proposal was under way to refurbish the lounges in front of the main theatres.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
Most of the 2nd Ave mural funding came from Clean California, a $1.2 billion effort led by Caltrans to beautify public spaces near freeways across California.
—Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for beautify
Jeff Roth, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
What a wonderful journey awaits any San Diegan who wants to design a garden to beautify the campus of a church, synagogue or mosque, tying their faith to modern plants that echo a hallowed past.
—The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Grenell, who spent the Biden years developing luxury tourist sites in Serbia and Albania, suggested at a recent meeting that Trump’s plans to beautify the center were advancing; a proposal was under way to refurbish the lounges in front of the main theatres.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2025
Most of the 2nd Ave mural funding came from Clean California, a $1.2 billion effort led by Caltrans to beautify public spaces near freeways across California.
—Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for beautify
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beautify
Verb
-
Read Next World 1,400-year-old crown — still decorated with insect wings — found in South Korea May 22, 2025 1:16 PM Read Next World Students locate ancient Roman army camp beyond empire’s northern border.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
-
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with mothers awarded the honorary title of Mother Heroine and families decorated with the Order of Parental...—
Clare Morell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
Verb
-
Signature lines from the production adorn the entry wall, a remote control signals a projector to show films from the 1960’s, the musical’s era, including Cool Hand Luke and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid starring the main character’s idol Paul Newman.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
-
It’s carved from a snaking mulberry branch and adorned with microchips, with a C.P.U. fan and a small desk clock embedded in the smoothly polished wood near its head.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Beautify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beautify. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share