well-dressed

[wel-drest] / ˈwɛlˈdrɛst /

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

Example Sentences

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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

It’s a traditional sort of U.K. series, a well-dressed postwar period piece with an eccentric detective at its center.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Actor and playwright Colman Domingo could have inspired this year's Met Gala theme, as he's been carrying the baton for well-dressed men on the red carpet for several years now.

From BBC • May 5, 2025

A moment later a well-dressed Negro woman about Mom’s age came in, and the Negro congressman and another man led her to the benches in the back.

From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe

well-dressed

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