tittivate

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A form of titivate — To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up.

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Meanings

verbtittivate (third-person singular simple present tittivates, present participle tittivating, simple past and past participle tittivated)

present singular third person tittivates · participle present tittivating · participle past tittivated · past tittivated

  1. alternativerareAlternative spelling of titivate; to spruce up.

    "Didn't you see how Joe had been tittivating […] ?"

    1912, Katherine Mansfield, "The Woman at the Store" (from "Selected Short Stories")

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake neat, smart, or trim

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spruce upsprucetitivatesmarten upslick upspiff up
Broader
fancifybeautifyembellish
Also see
slick upsmarten upspiff upsprucespruce uptitivate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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