Synonyms of prettying (up)

prettying (up)

verb

present participle of pretty (up)

as in decorating

to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming

you could pretty up the room rather inexpensively simply by painting it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decorating
• adorning
• doing up
• dolling up
• draping
• glitzing (up)
• fancying up
• trimming
• gussying up
• enriching
• beautifying
• dressing
• ornamenting
• tricking (out)
• sprucing (up)
• garnishing
• embossing
• decking
• embellishing
• painting
• gracing
• festooning
• blazoning
• fancifying
• bedizening
• arraying
• caparisoning
• emblazing
• dressing up
• bedecking
• doing
• brightening
• trapping
• freshening
• embroidering
• accessorizing
• chasing
• smartening
• hanging
• braiding
• frilling
• filleting
• feathering
• figuring
• swagging
• fringing
• bossing
• gilding
• garlanding
• filigreeing
• ribboning
• flouncing
• appliquéing
• wreathing
• jeweling
• lacing
• furbelowing
• jewelling
• redecorating
• redoing
• diamonding
• gemming
• impearling
• pearling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spoiling
• simplifying
• scarring
• disfiguring
• streamlining
• defacing
• marring
• stripping
• revealing
• displaying
• dismantling
• exposing
• uncovering
• baring
• blemishing
• denuding
• divesting
• uglifying