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dressed up

ADJECTIVE

dressed formally

Synonyms

WEAK

dolled up dressed to kill dressed to the nines fashionable formal gussied up in full dress in one's best bib and tucker ornate spruced up

Example Sentences

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The two women had dressed up and worn badges about the royals for the occasion.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

However nicely these decisions and deciders are dressed up, the results have been absurd.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Sweeping out everybody over a certain age is an administrative shortcut dressed up as a solution.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

“We got dressed up very nicely, very expensively,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Lots of children went to church with their parents, all of them dressed up.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt