appareled

8.2

To be dressed in fine or special clothes

adjective
/əˈpɛrəld/

Literature

: vestido

She was splendidly appareled in a silk gown and pearls.

Examples

The guests arrived appareled in their finest evening wear for the gala.
She looked stunning, appareled in a flowing gown.
Ancient statues are often depicted as appareled in elaborate robes.
The appareled guests arrived at the gala.
She was splendidly appareled in a silk gown and pearls.
The guests arrived appareled in their finest evening wear for the gala.
Ancient statues are often depicted as appareled in elaborate robes.

Synonyms

dressed-up

vsappareled

82 2.7

Wearing special formal clothes for a party or event

is more literary and can apply outside single events to fine dress

well-dressed

vsappareled

29 2.4

Wearing neat, clean clothes that look smart, like a suit or nice shirt

is more literary and stresses distinctive or fine attire rather than style alone

clad

vsappareled

28 6.5

Wearing clothes of a certain kind

adds a literary tone and highlights fine or distinctive garments

clad in

vsappareled

12 3.9

Wearing a certain kind of clothing or covered with a material

is more literary and stresses fine or distinctive dress rather than material

dressed to the nines

vsappareled

Informal

3 7.6

Wearing very elegant formal clothes for a special occasion

is similar but usually more literary and less idiomatic in tone

attired

vsappareled

Formal

1 5.4

Wearing special or formal clothes

is the broader literary term for fine or distinctive clothing

dressed

vsappareled

1 1.0

Wearing special clothes for an occasion, for example a party

leans more literary and emphasizes fine or distinctive attire

garbed

vsappareled

Literature

1 7.4

Wearing certain clothes, often formal or special

focuses more on the literary or combined use for fine attire

clothed

vsappareled

1 1.0

Wearing clothes to cover the body

adds a literary sense and points to finer or distinctive clothing

suited and booted

vsappareled

1 6.3

Dressed in smart, formal clothes for a special event

is closer in formality but retains a literary emphasis on fine attire

garmented

vsappareled

Archaic

9.0

Wearing fine clothes for a special event

is the same idea but with slightly more common literary usage

habilimented

vsappareled

Archaic

9.9

Wearing fine or special clothes

is similar but often used more widely in literary compound forms

arrayed

vsappareled

Formal

7.2

Dressed in fine clothes for a ceremony or formal event

is similar but used more generally for fine or distinctive dress

dighted

vsappareled

Archaic

9.9

Dressed or decorated for a special event

keeps the fine clothing sense but with more modern literary use

dressed spiffily

vsappareled

Informal

7.8

Wearing stylish, elegant clothes

keeps the fine clothing idea but with a more formal literary feel

outfitted

vsappareled

3.9

A person or place that has the equipment and clothes needed for an activity

focuses on dress as fine or distinctive clothing rather than practical supply

accoutered

vsappareled

Archaic

9.6

Having the clothing and equipment needed for a particular task like soldiers or climbers

is more about literary fine dress, not practical equipment or gear

panoplied

vsappareled

Literature

9.9

Wearing full armor from head to toe

is similar in impressiveness but used more for literary fine clothing than armor

Antonyms

bare

217 2.2

Not covered or protected, showing the plain surface

undressed

NSFW

1.9

A person who is not wearing any clothes

How Dressed

well-dressed

29 2.4

appareled

Literature

8.2

dressed

1 1.0

casual

81 1.3

naked

NSFW

982 1.0

Surface Forms

appareled positive

Morphology

appareled = apparel (transparent) = apparel + ed

Formed by the noun 'apparel' + standard adjectival/past participle suffix '-ed' meaning 'dressed in clothing', which is directly inferable if the base is known.

Etymology

Appareled comes from the Old French word apparel, which meant 'clothing', and goes back to the Latin root parare meaning 'to prepare', the same root as prepare. So to be appareled is to be 'made ready' or dressed in fine clothes.