beautified 1 of 2

adjective

as in adorned

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beautified

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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
And almost everything at the plaza level itself has been updated and beautified. — Siafa Lewis, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beautified
  1. trimmed
  2. adorned
  3. decorated
  4. enriched
  5. decked
  6. dressed
  7. embellished
  8. garnished
Adjective
  • The fix is usually a trimmed hedge and a simple letter.
    — Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026
  • Prevent ant hills by maintaining trimmed grass, removing debris, tilling soil, and planting pest-repellent herbs like mint or basil.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2026
Definition of trimmed
Verb
  • In the photos, Blondeau is seen in her characteristic bun adorned with flowers and white cape-overlay gown, holding a calla lily bouquet.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Models’ hair — some adorned with a colorful butterfly — at Sean Suen looked windswept.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 30 June 2026
Definition of adorned
Adjective
  • 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
  • The decorated skier suffered back-to-back injuries in the last month.
    — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of decorated
Adjective
  • Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz and dilutes its enriched uranium on its own soil, while keeping the machinery to enrich more.
    — Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 25 June 2026
  • Under the Obama-era agreement, 97% of Iran's enriched uranium was shipped abroad and international inspectors were granted extensive access to nuclear facilities.
    — Michel Martin, NPR, 23 June 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
  • Shop her look on There’s a point every summer where getting dressed stops being about curating an outfit and starts being about survival.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 29 June 2026
  • When getting dressed starts to feel like an endurance sport, fashion has to offer more than fantasy — and many collections in Paris did just that.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 29 June 2026
Definition of dressed
Adjective
  • Just add a statement bangle, a straw bag, and an embellished sandal.
    — Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 2 July 2026
  • The look followed Dobrev’s more embellished shoe turn at the Taormina Film Festival earlier this month.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 30 June 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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