#Make sth more beautiful

#Make sth less beautiful

#Beautiful
#Ugly

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#Make sth more beautiful
Beautify
Prettify: mans attempts to prettify nature
Beautician. see: plastic surgery

Ornament: SYNONYM decorate

a room richly ornamented with carving
Decorate: They decorated the room with flowers and balloons.
The cake was decorated to look like a car.
Embellish: SYNONYM decorate
The huge carved door was embellished with brass door knockers.
embellished with gold lettering/golden embroidery/jewellery/precious
metal/sweeping chintz curtains
Decorate(2): SYNONYM adorn
Photographs of actors decorated the walls of the restaurant.
Adorn: adorn something/somebody Gold rings adorned his fingers.
(ironic) Graffiti adorned the walls.
adorn something/somebody/yourself with something The walls were adorned with
paintings.
The children adorned themselves with flowers.
Grace(v): The table had once graced a duke's drawing room.
We sat at a small table graced with a vase of fresh flowers.
Dress(v6): to dress a shop window (= arrange a display of clothes or goods in it)
Transfigure: Anns whole face was transfigured by the early morning light. see:
disfigure.

Embroider: embroider A on B She embroidered flowers on the cushion covers.

embroider B with A She embroidered the cushion cover with flowers.
The sleeves were embroidered in gold.
embroider (something) an embroidered blouse
a robe of richly embroidered silk
She sat in the window, embroidering.
Emboss: emboss A with B stationery embossed with the hotels name
emboss B on A The hotel's name was embossed on the stationery.
Emblazon= blazon: emblazon A with B baseball caps emblazoned with the teams logo
emblazon B on, across, etc. A The team's logo was emblazoned on the baseball caps.
Imprint: clothes imprinted with the logos of sports teams
Their footprints were imprinted in the snow.
Letter(v2/3): a black banner lettered in white
Enamelled. see: inliad.
Accesorize

Buff sth up: The team will have to buff up their tarnished image.
The city spent $40 million buffing up the downtown area before the festival.
Landscape(v): landscaped gardens
Facelift: The town has recently been given a facelift.
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Do sth up
Doll sth up: Are you getting dolled up for the party?
Tart sth up: She was in her bedroom tarting herself up for the party.
Spruce sth up: She spruced up for the interview.
The city is sprucing up its museums and galleries.
I spruced myself up before I went out.
Spiff sth up: He got all spiffed up.
She spiffed up her old shoes.
Smarten sth up: The hotel has been smartened up by the new owners.
Youd better smarten yourself up before you go out.
Its time you smartened up.
Preen: Will you stop preening yourself in front of the mirror?
Primp
Toilet(4)

Presentable: I must go and make myself presentable before the guests arrive.
Ive got nothing presentable to wear.
She was not exactly good-looking, but perfectly presentable.
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Ornament: a china/glass ornament

(British English, North American English) Christmas tree ornaments
There were a few china ornaments on the shelf above the fireplace.
Ornamentation: The architect was instructed to keep ornamentation to a minimum.
Embellishment: Good pasta needs very little embellishment.
a 16th century church with 18th century embellishments

Refurbish: The theatre has been extensively refurbished.

Decorative
Decorator

Aesthetic: The students debated the aesthetic of the poems.

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#Make sth less beautiful
Blemish. see this at: BadlyAffect.
Scar(v): The hills are scarred by quarries.
battle-scarred buildings
Deface: They were charged with defacing public property.
Disfigure: Her face was disfigured by a long red scar.
An ugly power station disfigures the landscape.

Armpit: The city has been called the armpit of America.

A blot on the landscape.
Eyesore; That old factory is a real eyesore!
Minger
Dog(5)
Plain(6)

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#Beautiful
Loveliness: SYNONYM beauty
She was a vision of loveliness.
Pulchrfitude
Good looks: an actor famous for his rugged good looks
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Handsome(3): a handsome horse/house/city
The two of them made a handsome couple.
Eyeful: Ive been told that she was quite an eyeful in her youth.
Imposing: a grand and imposing building
a tall imposing woman
Proud(5): The sunflowers stretched tall and proud to the sun.
SEE ALSO pride
Lush(2): a lush apartment
Stunner: His daughter is a real stunner.
The movie is visually a stunner.
Stunning: SYNONYM beautiful
You look absolutely stunning!
a stunning view of the lake
His performance was simply stunning.
Pretty(adj1): a pretty face
a pretty little girl
You look so pretty in that dress!
Pretty(adj2): pretty clothes
a pretty garden
a pretty name
Comely= attractive.
Cute: a cute little baby
(British English) an unbearably cute picture of two kittens (= it seems
sentimental)
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Exquisite: exquisite craftsmanship

Her wedding dress was absolutely exquisite.
Delicate(3): his delicate hands
Fragile(3): fragile beauty
The woman's fragile face broke into a smile.
Neat: SYNONYM trim
her neat figure
The puppies ears should be neat and in proportion to the head.
Dinky: What a dinky little hat!
Pert

Twee: The room was decorated with twee little pictures of animals.
Cutesy: She is trying to get away from her cutesy girl-next-door image.
Cutie: He's a real cutie.
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Glory(3): The city was spread out beneath us in all its glory.
The house has now been restored to its former glory.
Chocolate-box: a chocolate-box village. see: picturesque, quaint
Picture-postcard: a picture-postcard village
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Ravishing: SYNONYM gorgeous

a ravishing blonde
She looked absolutely ravishing in a pale blue suit.
Pageant(2): a beauty pageant
COMPARE beauty contest
Romantic(3): romantic music
romantic mountain scenery
romantic images of deserted beaches
Rosy: She had rosy cheeks.
The sky was turning rosy over the harbour.
Seraphic: a seraphic child/nature
Angelic: an angelic smile

Easy on the ear | easy on the eye: The room was painted in soft pastels that were
easy on the eye.
Please the eye
A sight for sore eye
Eye candy. see: aesthetic but not functional.
Be a picture | look a picture: The garden looks a picture in the summer.
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Watchable

Splendour(2): the splendours of Rome (= its fine buildings, etc.). see: longueurs.
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#Ugly
Plug-ugly.
Butt-ugly
Grutesque(n)

As ugly as sin
Unsightly: SYNONYM ugly
an unsightly scar
unsightly factories
Ugly: SYNONYM unattractive
an ugly face
an ugly building
an ugly scar

Not a pretty sight: You should have seen him in his swimming trunksnot a pretty
sight!
Prepossessing: SYNONYM appealing
He was not a prepossessing sight.
COMPARE unprepossessing

Excrescence: A hard, bony excrescence was visible above one of the animals
hooves.
(figurative) The new office block is an excrescence (= it is very ugly).
Minging
Grutesque: a grotesque figure
tribal dancers wearing grotesque masks
Sickly(4): a sickly green colour
Harsh: harsh colours
She was caught in the harsh glare of the headlights.
 the harsh lines of concrete buildings
OPPOSITE soft
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Vulgar: SYNONYM coarse, in bad taste

a vulgar man
vulgar decorations
She found their laughter and noisy games coarse and rather vulgar.
She gave a rather vulgar laugh.
Inelegant: an inelegant fall
an inelegant phrase
OPPOSITE elegant
Graceless: the graceless architecture of the 1960s
Brute(n3)

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Take sbs breath away: My first view of the island from the air took my breath
away. see: bewitching

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#PAINTS

Shellac(n)
Shellac(v): That old factory is a real eyesore!
Enemel
Lacquer(n)
Lacquer(v): a lacquered Chinese table
Gilded: a gilded picture frame. see: inlaid.
French-polish
Glaze(v3): Glaze the pie with beaten egg.
glazed tiles
(North American English) a glazed doughnut
Gloss(3): two coats of gloss
Airbrush(n)
Airbrush(v): airbrush something an airbrushed photograph of a model
airbrush something out Somebody had been airbrushed out of the picture.
Stipple: a stippled effect
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Unvarnished
Coat(4): to give the walls a second coat of paint
SEE ALSO topcoat, undercoat
Undercoat: Apply the undercoat first.
COMPARE topcoat
Finish(n2): to apply extra coats of finish
a gloss/matt finish
furniture available in a range of finishes
Whitewash
White lead
Distemper
Oil paint= oil colour
Masking paint
Eggshell
Emulsion paint: They gave the walls a coat of white emulsion.
Color wash: First I applied a blue colour wash to the canvas.
Lick(n2): What this room needs is a lick of paint. see: slap sth on sth.
Sepia: sepia photographs/prints/ink
Chrome yellow.
Linseed oil= flaxeed oil
Tempera
Turpentine= turp
Artex
Creosote(n/v)
Prime(v3)
Primer

Tie-dye
Dye(v): dye something to dye fabric
dye something + adjective She dyed her hair blonde.
dyed black hair
SEE ALSO tie-dye
Dye(n): black dye
hair dye
natural/chemical/vegetable dyes
The researchers injected a fluorescent dye into an area of a rats brain.
Rinse(n2): a blue rinse
Henna
Tint(n): a blond tint
to have a tint
Tint(v): Shes having her eyelashes tinted.
Tint(v2): Have you tinted your hair?
Colorant: natural hair colourants
Medicines also contain colourants, often in large amounts.
Pigment: Haemoglobin is the red pigment found in blood.
Pigment(2): The wool is coloured using only natural pigment dyes.
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Respray(n)
Respray(v)
Paintwork: The paintwork is beginning to peel.
Ive only had the car a week and the paintwork is scratched already.
Livery: aircraft painted in the new British Airways livery
Liveried: liveried aircraft
Paint(1): white paint
gloss/matt/acrylic paint
The woodwork has recently been given a fresh coat of paint.
Wet paint! (= used as a sign)
The paint is starting to peel off.
SEE ALSO greasepaint, oil paint, warpaint
Paint(2): oil paints
Paint(v1): paint (something) We've had the house painted.
Paint the shed with weather-resistant paint.
a brightly painted barge
paint something + adjective/noun The walls were painted yellow.
Paint(v2): paint something/somebody to paint portraits
 A friend painted the children for me (= painted a picture of the children).
paint something on something Slogans had been painted on the walls.
paint (in something) She paints in oils.
My mother paints well.
Paintor: He works as a painter and decorator.
Painting(1): a collection of paintings by American artists
cave paintings
Painting(2): Her hobbies include music and painting.
Paint sth out: The premises have been sold and the company name painted out.
Paint over sth: We painted over the dirty marks on the wall.
Paper over sth: SYNONYM wallpaper
The previous owners had obviously papered over any damp patches.

Stain(v2): stain something to stain wood

Stain the specimen before looking at it under the microscope.
stain something + adjective They stained the floors dark brown.
Stain(n2): wood stain
Color sth in: I'll draw a tree and you can colour it in.
Color(v): The children love to draw and colour.
a colouring book (= with pictures that you can add colour to)
colour something How long have you been colouring (= dyeing) your hair?
colour something + adjective He drew a monster and coloured it green.
Color(n5): a semi-permanent hair colour that lasts six to eight washes
SEE ALSO watercolour
Colored: brightly coloured balloons
coloured lights
She was wearing a cream-coloured suit.
Colorist
Coloristic: colouristic effects
Poster paint

Wallpaper(n/v).
Anaglypta.

Color-fast
Run(26): The colour ran and made all my underwear pink.
Hang(v7) (of wallpaper)

Background(3): a photograph with trees in the background

COMPARE foreground
Background(5): The name of the company is written in red on a white background.

Paint stripper
Paint chip(1/2)
Paint box
Paint brush
Spray can
Spray gun
Spray paint(n): a can of red spray paint
Spray-paint(v): spray-paint A (with B) The walls were spray-painted with graffiti.
spray-paint B (on A) Graffiti was spray-painted on the walls.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 9th edition Oxford University Press, 2015