gussied up
Example Sentences
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The performance space is a rehearsal studio that hasn’t been gussied up much, and the performers make full use of it.
From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2024
Some of those options might include Spanish ham and pineapple pintxo, slow-roasted pork belly or cranberries gussied up with chilies; there are no courses at Spain Wine Bar, per se.
From Salon • Nov. 16, 2023
On the bar food, staples of vermicelli noodles and sandwiches get gussied up with marbled beef and other high end meats.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2023
Bad taste is bad business when you are in the magnificence trade, but the phenomenon of lumpenroyalty — Faulkner’s Snopes family gussied up for endless pageantry — is not new.
From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2022
I was already picturing Nan’s brace gussied up, though she wasn’t one for sequins—maybe silver studs.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
