prettied up
Decorated for show
Prettied up means made more attractive or appealing, often superficially.
The phrase typically implies cosmetic improvement rather than fundamental change: She prettied up the report with some charts and graphs.
It can carry a dismissive edge, suggesting the enhancement is shallow or meant to disguise flaws: They prettied up the old house for the sale, but the foundation was still cracked.
- idealizedMade to seem perfect
- renovatedUpdated and repaired
- fixed upRestored or repaired
- decoratedMade more visually appealing
- adornedMade ornamental
beautified · dressed up · romanticized · upgraded · made over · sanitized · sentimentalized · spruced up · tarted up · polished · embellished · refurbished · glorified · tidied · cleaned up · gussied up · groomed · styled
- dressed updressed up, dolled up, decked out, spruced up, gussied up
prettied upstripped down
Simplified to basics
unadorned · bare · unembellished · simplified · pared down
prettied uplaid bare
Revealed completely
unvarnished · warts and all · exposed · raw · undisguised
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