Associations to the word «Gentrify»

Wiktionary

GENTRIFY, verb. (transitive) to renovate something, especially housing, to make it more appealing to the middle classes

Dictionary definition

GENTRIFY, verb. Renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations; "gentrify a row of old houses"; "gentrify the old center of town".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King