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What is another word for smartening?

Pronunciation: [smˈɑːtənɪŋ] (IPA)

Smartening is a word that means to make someone or something look smarter, more stylish, or more fashionable. Some synonyms for this word include sprucing up, spiffing up, tidying up, and polishing. These words are commonly used to describe activities like brushing your hair, ironing your clothes, or neatening up your living space. Other synonyms for smartening include beautifying, enhancing, improving, refining, and upgrading. These words are typically used to describe activities that elevate a person or thing's overall appearance, style, or quality, such as renovating a room or investing in a new wardrobe. In short, there are many ways to smarten up your life, whether through simple grooming or more significant lifestyle changes.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Smartening

The melancholy outside, tumble-down looking houses were smartening up.
"Old Kensington"
Miss Thackeray
And Mandy Ann who understood, had done her best at smartening, and when Sonsie and others said it was "yaller as saffern, an' not fittin' for a buryin'," she had washed and ironed it, roughly, it is true, but it was white and clean, and Sonsie was satisfied.
"The Cromptons"
Mary J. Holmes

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