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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The well-dressed Senate aide next door, who asked me not to use his name for fear of upsetting his boss, hadn’t heard about Trump’s fascination with Florsheim.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 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

And so it was on Wednesday and Saturday nights, the IPO’s first and last appearances at Carnegie this visit, with tempers between the often-masked protesters and the well-dressed concertgoers flaring occasionally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025

Video surveillance from the venue shows a well-dressed man moving casually through the wedding reception while guests are on the dance floor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2025

There was a well-dressed black man sitting on the sofa talking in a soft voice to Aunt Maggie.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

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