dressed-up
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2.7
- adjective
- /ˈdrɛst ʌp/
:
arreglado
- Everybody's all dressed up in their finest attire for the gala tonight.
- get dressed-up
- dressed-up in a suit
- dressed-up for the occasion
And I mean, I'm, I'm dressed up today.
- And I mean, I'm, I'm dressed up today.
- Let's see okay Romeo, this dog is dressed up.
Examples
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But the days that I get dressed up, it lifts my whole spirit.
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After supper, it being Wednesday night, Aunt Margaret got dressed up and went to prayer meeting.
Fiction book (1996) -
So yeah, I got all dressed up and had no place to go.
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Today we're we're all dressed up nice, we're all looking good.
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All right, listen, we're not all dressed up for nothing.
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Why is he all dressed up?
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Where you going, all dressed up?
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Zoe is all dressed up and looks amazing.
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Everybody's all dressed up and looking good.
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Adorable kids are dressed up in their uniforms, ready to play the next level of baseball.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
29
2.4
Wearing neat, clean clothes that look smart, like a suit or nice shirt
12
3.6
Suitable for formal events like a wedding or party
7
6.9
Dressed in fancy clothes and makeup for a special event
3
4.6
Neat and attractive, often dressed or decorated for a special occasion
3
7.6
Wearing very elegant formal clothes for a special occasion
1
5.4
Wearing special or formal clothes
1
6.3
Dressed in a tuxedo
1
6.8
Wearing very attractive, stylish clothes to get people's attention
1
6.3
Dressed in smart, formal clothes for a special event
1
4.5
Wearing a long loose piece of clothing used in hospitals or formal events
1
7.4
Dressed in nice clothes or made to look neat and attractive
Wearing stylish, elegant clothes
Wearing smart clothes for a special event
To wear nice clothes for a special event
Wearing fine clothes for a special event
Antonyms
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dressed-up comes from the simple verb dress (which means 'to put on clothes or to prepare') plus up (showing something is 'more' or 'special'). So, to be dressed-up is to wear nicer, often more formal clothes for a special event.