Gentrify

verb

/ˈdʒɛntɹɪfaɪ/

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.verbTo renovate or improve something, especially housing or district, to make it more appealing to the middle classes (often with the negative association of pricing out existing residents)

Synonyms

regentrify embourgeoise urbanize renovize renovise yuppify upmarket renovate redevelop urban-renew make over urbanise

Rhymes With

wry exemplify rectify high lie apply fortify awry

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