beautifying

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of beautify

plural beautifyings

1. countableuncountableThe act of beautifying.

   Synonyms: beautification

comparative more beautifying · superlative most beautifying

1. That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.

   […] I have found exercise far more beautifying than any surgical face-lift.

   1979, Nathan Pritikin, Patrick M. McGrady, The Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise, New York: Bantam, published 1980, Part 2, Chapter 13, p. 74

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   When thou present’st me, Gellia, with an Hare, Marcus, thou say’st, ’twill make the seven Days fair. If Hare be such a beautifying Meat, Thou ne’er of one in all thy Life didst eat.

   1695, Henry Killigrew, transl., Epigrams of Martial, London: Henry Bonwicke, Book 5, Epigram 32, pp. 117-118

   It evidently surpassed his majesty’s comprehension how any sober-minded and sensible individual could entertain the least possible objection to so beautifying an operation [i.e. being tattooed].

   1846, Herman Melville, chapter 30, in Typee, London: John Murray, published 1847, page 243