beautification

What it means

1. countableuncountableMaking beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.

   Near-synonym: prettification

   2 more examples

   Thanks to the beautification efforts, the appearance of the highway has vastly improved.

   This trend, which he attributes to social media and describes as “beautification” rather than a desire to turn back the years, might involve a blepharoplasty or removing buccal fat (between the cheek and jaw bones.)

   2025 August 16, Emma Jacobs, quoting Aamer Khan, “Would you pay $200,000 to look half your age?”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5

   Synonyms: prettification · Antonyms: uglification

In a sentence

Near-synonym: prettification

Where it comes from

First attested in 1600, from beautify (“to make beautiful”) + -ication.