skjønnmale

From skjønn +‎ male (“to paint”).

skjønnmale (imperative skjønnmal, present tense skjønnmaler, passive skjønnmales, simple past skjønnmalte, past participle skjønnmalt, present participle skjønnmalende)

1. to depict something or someone as being better than in reality, to embellish, to furbish, to refurbish
2. to beautify, to prettify
3. to spruce up, to smarten up, to fix up, to deck out

• forskjønne
• skjønnmaleri

• “skjønnmale” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “skjønnmale” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).