Beautified

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have enhanced the aesthetic value of something by making it more appealing or visually attractive in nature To have transformed an object or surrounding into a more beautiful version through careful improvements To have increased the charm or attractiveness of an item or environment, resulting in a more pleasing appearance
2. To have improved the visual appeal of something by adding pleasing or decorative elements
3. Having altered an object or scene to increase its attractiveness or charm through aesthetic changes

Etymology: "Beautified" is the past tense and past participle of "beautify," so its history is that of "beautify": a verb built from the adjective "beauty" plus a suffix meaning "make." The English word arrived in Middle English as "beutifien," borrowed from Old French "beaute," which came from Latin "bellus," meaning "beautiful" or "fine." Latin "facio," "make," supplied the second element, and it reaches English through the "-ify" ending, so "beautify" literally means "make beautiful" or "make fine." The Latin root "bellus" is a reminder of how far "beauty" has traveled from its roots. The same Latin adjective gave the English "bellus" family and, through Old French, shaped "beaute" itself, which English later absorbed in the form we now use. Each step in the chain kept the core idea: something fine to look at, and the act of bringing that quality into being.

Synonyms: enhanced, adorned, decorated, embellished, improved

Antonyms: ugly, deformed, marred, blemished, disfigured