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adjective

as in adorned

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verb

past tense of beautify
as in decorated
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming volunteers beautified the roadside landscape by planting flowers

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Recent Examples of beautified
Verb
Capen saw beyond what NBC’s cameras colored and beautified in pastels on Friday night prime time. — Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026 As Washington is beautified at great expense, officials told me, vital needs at dozens of national parks are not being filled. — Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026 The Task Force has driven down crime, beautified the city, and improved quality of life for countless individuals. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 And almost everything at the plaza level itself has been updated and beautified. — Siafa Lewis, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026 Muralist Kian Dubay, of Pittsburgh, traveling with fellow artist Phil Seth, beautified a dingy basketball goal north of the Valparaiso Creates Center on Indiana Avenue. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025 It wasn’t instigated by formal education or a big career, but from simply being around the work, watching things get built, fixed, and beautified. — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beautified
  1. trimmed
  2. adorned
  3. decorated
  4. enriched
  5. decked
  6. dressed
  7. embellished
  8. garnished
Adjective
  • The seat is the sail, trimmed and re-trimmed as the wind changes.
    — Rob Green, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The fix is usually a trimmed hedge and a simple letter.
    — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026
Definition of trimmed
Verb
  • Guests stay in traditional handmade gers (with no internet) crafted by local artisans, all featuring intricate handicrafts as well as beds adorned with soft cashmere made in the family’s factory, which also produces cashmere for Hermès.
    — Luke Abrahams, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
  • In the picture, the man stands at the base of a stone structure holding an open book adorned with sigils.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of adorned
Adjective
  • There are several good options here, but Perkins was a decorated player his first two years at LSU before an ACL tear altered his path.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 29 July 2026
  • Australian authorities have arrested and charged the country's most decorated living soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, 47, with five war crime murders allegedly committed during the war in Afghanistan.
    — Elaine Mallon, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of decorated
Adjective
  • That fuel, uranium that is not highly enriched, is in short supply in the United States.
    — Selam Gebrekidan, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • These dashboards can combine enriched data sets into trusted views that can, in turn, help train your in-house AI tools.
    — Marc Kermisch, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of enriched
Adjective
  • The Kansas City brewery is calling it the Boulevard Yard, meant to feel like a decked out backyard.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
  • Ben Stiller, Spike Lee, Nas and Tracy Morgan are all decked out in their Knicks best for Game Four of the NBA Finals on June 10 in New York City.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Definition of decked
Adjective
  • Julie Blazek of Batavia was hanging out with members of the Batavia Woman’s Club who were all dressed as witches and planning to dance later on stage at the Peg Bond Center during the event.
    — David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • All dressed in the same plum two-piece set, their harmonies and coordinated dance moves honored Winehouse’s love of that era while breathing new life into the track.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of dressed
Adjective
  • As if the dress on its own was enough to evoke the butterfly theme, Bassett’s hero accessory was an embellished butterfly clutch bag by Judith Leiber.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Raye Raye, who is set to perform solo as well as during a tribute to George Michael, sparkled on the carpet in an embellished Georges Hobeika dress.
    — Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of embellished
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, the everyday American who borrowed in good faith has been pursued, garnished and financially ruined when things go wrong, while the universities that pocketed the money walk away without consequence.
    — Michael Carbonara, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of garnished

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