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prettify

UK/ˈpɹɪtɪfʌɪ/

prettify verb: to make pretty or prettier, to make more attractive, especially only in a superficial way.

Verb

prettify (third-person singular simple present prettifies, present participle prettifying, simple past and past participle prettified)

  1. (transitive) To make pretty or prettier, to make more attractive, especially only in a superficial way.
    • Old-fashioned bosses see their role as prettifying the office and forming a pool of potential marriage partners for male employees.2011 November 5, “Land of the wasted talent”, in The Economist
    Synonyms:
    pretty up
  2. (transitive) Synonym of pretty-print.
    Antonyms:
    minify, uglify

prettify meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

prettify in Bengali

সুন্দর, আরও সুন্দর করা, আরও আকর্ষণীয় করা, বাহ্যিকভাবে

prettify in Malayalam

make attractive, beautify, make pretty
സുന്ദരമാക്കുക, ഭംഗിയാക്കുക, ചന്തമാക്കുക, അഴകുള്ളതാക്കുക, ആകർഷകമാക്കുക, കമ്രീകരിക്കുക

Synonyms of prettify

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All synonyms and antonyms of prettify

Forms of prettify

third-person singular presentprettifies
present participleprettifying
past participleprettified
pastprettified

Origin of prettify

From pretty + -fy.

Words formed from prettify

Questions about prettify

What does prettify mean?
Prettify means to make pretty or prettier, to make more attractive, especially only in a superficial way.
What is prettify in Bengali?
Prettify in Bengali is সুন্দর, আরও সুন্দর করা, আরও আকর্ষণীয় করা. See Prettify meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is prettify?
Prettify is a verb.
How do you pronounce prettify?
Prettify is pronounced /ˈpɹɪtɪfʌɪ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of prettify?
The past tense of prettify is prettified.

Words near prettify in the dictionary

  1. prettified
  2. prettifier
  3. prettifiers
  4. prettifies
  5. prettiful
  6. prettify
  7. prettifying
  8. prettikins
  9. prettily
  10. prettiness
  11. prettinesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prettify (page history and authors); prettify (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prettify (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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