to gussy
8
8.7
- verb
- /ˈɡʌsi/
- Informal
:
embellecer
- She decided to gussy up the old dress with some shiny accessories for the party.
Examples
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Let's go upstairs and get gussied up and go out dancing.
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Then, get yourselves all gussied up and come over at your leisure.
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Yeah, well, gussy it up all you want.
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If you want to gussy it up, you can eat some.
Blog text (23) -
From the looks of them, they were city women, all gussied up to beat the band.
Fiction book (2001) -
I wouldn't have tried to gussy the video up and just released it and let it speak for itself.
Blog text (4) -
Then they gussy them up with very few minor repairs and some detailing.
Blog text (14) -
And there she was, standing on the doorstep, all gussied up.
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We sell the basic felt that women wear to church, but our daughter said we should gussy them up with feathers, flowers, and huge ribbon bows.
Fiction book (2000) -
We liked watching Mrs. Kovaks get all gussied up in shiny dresses with fringe that jiggled when she walked.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
56
3.4
Make something look nicer or more attractive for a special event
26
4.1
To make a place or person look neat and smart
22
7.6
To dress someone or something in a fancy way
12
2.9
Make something look better than it really is
10
6.3
To make something more beautiful by adding decorative details
8
7.2
To get ready by fixing your clothes, hair, or makeup carefully
6
4.3
Make people and places look nicer by dressing up, adding decorations, or using makeup
5
8.6
To dress or decorate in a fancy way to look nicer
4
3.7
To add decorations to something to make it look nicer
3
4.6
Neat and attractive, often dressed or decorated for a special occasion
1
6.8
Make yourself or someone more stylish using clothes and makeup
1
5.7
Make something look nicer by adding decorations
1
7.2
To dress up and make yourself look attractive for a special event
1
7.2
Make a person or place look neater and nicer by cleaning and adding small things
1
5.0
Make something look more attractive, often only on the surface
1
8.9
To make something or someone look bright and showy to attract attention
1
6.3
Make something seem more attractive than it really is
To make a person or thing look fancy, often in a showy way
Make something look more attractive by adding decorations
Make something look more stylish and attractive
To make someone or something look fancier to impress people
Make something look more expensive by adding nicer things
To make someone or something look stylish and attractive with makeup and clothes
To add small not needed decorations to clothes or events to make them seem fancier
Making a car or other object look bright and showy with extra parts
To put on special clothes to look nice for an event
To put on special clothes to look attractive for an event
To put on fancy clothes to look good
To dress in special clothes to look attractive
To dress carefully to look fancy
To make something or yourself look neat and attractive
Make a person look neat and more attractive by dressing and grooming them carefully
To make something a little more stylish with small changes
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
How Fancy
- Informal
15
4.1
- Informal
8
8.7
178
2.7
- Informal
13
3.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gussy as a verb (often heard as gussy up) is connected to guise 'appearance'; to 'gussy up' is to change how something or someone looks with decorations or nicer clothes. So to gussy something up means to make it look fancier.