Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beautifying

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables: beau-ti-fy-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of beautify

noun

The act of beautifying.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.

Example Sentences

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

beautifyings (plural) more beautifying (comparative) most beautifying (superlative)

Synonyms

beautification

Questions

What does beautifying mean?: present participle and gerund of beautify

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