Meanings
plural beautifications
- 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 5Synonyms: prettification · Antonyms: uglification
Synonyms & antonyms
nounMaking beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
Origin
First attested in 1600, from beautify (“to make beautiful”) + -ication.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَجْمِيل
- تَجْمِيل (tajmīl)beautifying, making beautiful
French embellissement
- embellissementbeautifying, making beautiful
German Verschönerung, Ausschmückung
- Verschönerungbeautifying, making beautiful
- Ausschmückungbeautifying, making beautiful
Greek καλλωπισμός
- καλλωπισμός (kallopismós)beautifying, making beautiful
Italian abbellimento
- abbellimentobeautifying, making beautiful
Polish upiększenie
- upiększeniebeautifying, making beautiful
Portuguese embelezamento
- embelezamentobeautifying, making beautiful
Romanian înfrumusețare
- înfrumusețarebeautifying, making beautiful
Spanish embellecimiento
- embellecimientobeautifying, making beautiful
Turkish güzelleştirme
- güzelleştirmebeautifying, making beautiful
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with beautification
Cite this entry
beautification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beautification
“beautification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beautification. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beautification,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beautification.
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