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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beautify and dress nicely |
| Synonyms: | deck out, dress up, fix up, get dressed up, groom, gussy up, preen, prepare, slick*, smarten, spiff, spruce, titivate |
| Antonyms: | mess up, uglify |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on clothing, usually nice |
| Synonyms: | accouter, adorn, appoint, array, attire, beautify, bedeck, clothe, decorate, dress, dress up, embellish, festoon, garland, garnish, grace, gussy up, ornament, prettify, primp, slick, trim |
| Notes: | the stylus, or point, of a record player is held by the cartridge; the base of the turntable is called the deck |
| Antonyms: | disrobe, unclothe |
| Main Entry: | doll up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beautify oneself; dress up |
| Synonyms: | deck out, fix up, gussy up, preen, primp, put on best clothes, smarten up, spiff, spruce up |
| Antonyms: | dress down |
| Main Entry: | dress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on clothing |
| Synonyms: | adorn, apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bundle up, change, clad, clothe, costume, cover, deck, decorate, don, drape, embellish, fit out, furbish, garb, ornament, outfit, primp, put on, raiment, rig, robe, slip into, slip on, spruce up, suit up, trim, turn out, wear |
| Antonyms: | bare, disrobe, lay bare, unclothe, undress |
| Main Entry: | dress up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on one's best clothes |
| Synonyms: | array, attire, beautify, clothe, deck out, embellish, fit out, fix up, gussy up, improve, overdress, preen, prettify, primp, prink, slick, smarten, spiff up, spruce up, titivate |
| Antonyms: | dress casually, dress down |
| Main Entry: | fix up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prepare, beautify |
| Synonyms: | deck, dress up, furnish, gussy up, primp, provide, rehabilitate, repair, smarten, spiff, spruce up |
| Antonyms: | corrupt, deface, defile, uglify |
| Main Entry: | groom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make ready, prepare physically |
| Synonyms: | brush, clean, coach, comb, curry, dress, drill, educate, lick into shape, make attractive, make presentable, nurture, preen, prep, pretty up, prim, prime, primp, put through grind, put through mill, ready, refine, refresh, rub down, shape up, sleek, slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce up, tend, tidy, train, turn out |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore |
| Main Entry: | ornament |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decorate |
| Synonyms: | adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, brighten, deck, dress, dress up, embellish, embroider, enrich, festoon, fix up, garnish, gild, grace, ornamentalize, polish, prank, prettify, primp, prink, smarten, spruce up, trim |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | preen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | admire and clean oneself |
| Synonyms: | beautify, clean, doll up, groom, prettify, pretty, primp, prink, spruce up, tidy |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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