well-dressed

[wel-drest] / ˈwɛlˈdrɛst /

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dressed to the nines adj.
handsome adj.

ADJECTIVE

dressed to the nines

Synonyms

WEAK

dolled up dressed to advantage dressed to kill dressed to the teeth dressed-up gussied up in full dress in full feather soignée spiffed up spruced up well-turned-out

ADJECTIVE

handsome

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attractive beautiful clean-cut dapper elegant good-looking graceful lovely personable smart smooth stately stylish suave

WEAK

aristocratic august becoming comely fine impressive majestic noble pulchritudinous robust sharp spruce strong virile well-proportioned

Antonyms

STRONGEST

awkward disagreeable dull homely rough ruffled ugly unfashionable unsophisticated unstylish wrinkled

WEAK

unattractive

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I showed up not long after doors opened and was greeted by two lengthy lines of well-dressed people crowding the block, tittering with expectation, interacting with myriad Ramp employees identifiable by those yellow lanyards.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026

Some of the backlash came after AI-generated photos appeared on social media, imagining well-dressed affluent women as prospective customers for the service.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

In “I Love Boosters,” director Boots Riley’s well-dressed thieves want to make a point about the means of production.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

“Well… I’m not a lawyer yet, I just play a very well-dressed one on TV,” Kardashian wrote on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2025

A real mix, it seemed, of people with loud, noisy kids on vacation, and quiet, well-dressed business types.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

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