aestheticise

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verb

To make aesthetic; to show something at its best, most pleasing or most artistic.

OriginEnglish aesthetic ← French esthétique ← New Latin aesthēticu →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

verbaestheticise (third-person singular simple present aestheticises, present participle aestheticising, simple past and past participle aestheticised)

present singular third person aestheticises · participle present aestheticising · participle past aestheticised · past aestheticised · alternative estheticise · alternative British English Oxford US aestheticize · alternative British English Oxford US estheticize · alternative obsolete æstheticise · alternative obsolete æstheticize

  1. UKTo make aesthetic; to show something at its best, most pleasing or most artistic.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
aesthetize

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewis-dʰh₁
  4. Proto-Hellenic*awistʰomai
  5. Ancient Greekαἰσθάνομαι (aisthánomai)
  6. Ancient Greekαἴσθησῐς (aísthēsĭs)
  7. Ancient Greekαἰσθητικός (aisthētikós)
  8. Latinaesthēticus
  9. GermanÄsthetik
  10. New Latinaesthēticu
  11. Frenchesthétique
  12. Englishaesthetic
  13. Englishaestheticise

From aesthetic + -ise.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 審美化 /审美化
  • 審美化 /审美化 (shěnměihuà)to make aesthetic
Portuguese estetizar
  • estetizarto make aesthetic
Swedish estetisera
  • estetiserato make aesthetic
Cite this entry
APA

aestheticise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aestheticise

MLA

“aestheticise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aestheticise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aestheticise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aestheticise.

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