adorn implies an enhancing by something beautiful in itself.
a diamond necklace adorned her neck
decorate suggests relieving plainness or monotony by adding beauty of color or design.
decorate a birthday cake
ornament and embellish imply the adding of something extraneous, ornament stressing the heightening or setting off of the original,
a white house ornamented with green shutters
embellish often stressing the adding of superfluous or adventitious ornament.
embellish a page with floral borders
beautify adds to embellish a suggestion of counterbalancing plainness or ugliness.
will beautify the grounds with flower beds
deck implies the addition of something that contributes to gaiety, splendor, or showiness.
a house all decked out for Christmas
garnish suggests decorating with a small final touch and is used especially in referring to the serving of food.
an entrée garnished with parsley
Examples of beautify in a Sentence
Fresh flowers beautify every room.
volunteers beautified the roadside landscape by planting flowers
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Urban micro flower farms sell blooms and beautify communities at the same time.—Ashley Stimpson, Washington Post, 24 May 2026 Each artist or group was assigned a 40-foot section of the wall to beautify more than a mile from the Town of Kansas Bridge (located north of Second and Main streets in the River Market) to the West Bottoms, according to a PortKC news release.—Noelle Alviz-Gransee
may 22, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026 Read on for some of our favorite drought-tolerant plants that will beautify your backyard this summer.—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 19 May 2026 And on the way to the Civic Center and Brea Gallery, visitors can tour the nearly 200 pieces of public art beautifying the city’s landscape, ranging from sculptures of individuals who reflect the town’s history to abstract pieces forged from metal that convey an artist’s thoughts.—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for beautify
Word History
Etymology
Middle English bewtyfien, from beautebeauty + -fien-fy