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Definitions

fancy dress

NOUN
finery
Synonyms
STRONGEST
apparel regalia
STRONG
caparison decoration formals frippery gear splendor suit trimmings trinkets
WEAK
Sunday best trappings bib and tucker full dress
Antonyms
WEAK
rags

Example Sentences

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New Year's Day is traditionally the day when brave swimmers don their fancy dress for the Loony Dook - a hangover-clearing dip in the bracing waters of the Firth of Forth.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

Winkleman, who put out the flames with another parent, took a short break from Strictly, and later campaigned for tougher fire safety laws on fancy dress costumes.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

Police advised schools to be placed in lockdown after reports of a suspected gunman on the loose - only to find it was a boy in fancy dress with a toy gun.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

Paul Smith, the Liverpool world title challenger who trained alongside Hatton, remembers one fancy dress party when Hatton dressed as 'Ginger Spice' Geri Halliwell.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

Set after set of the Queen’s fireworks exploded over the roofs of the city, over Canvastown, over the mansions that held the King’s subjects in their ball gowns and fancy dress uniforms.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson