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togged

togged

1 8.4
Wearing smart or fancy clothes
  • adjective
  • /tɔɡd/
  • UK
: vestido
  • He arrived at the party togged up in an expensive suit and tie.

Examples

  • She was togged out in her finest dress for the ceremony.

  • The children got togged up before going to the wedding.

  • She was togged in a beautiful dress.

  • He looked very togged for the wedding.

  • He arrived at the party togged up in an expensive suit and tie.

  • She was togged out in her finest dress for the ceremony.

  • The children got togged up before going to the wedding.

Synonyms

dressed
vstogged
765 1.0

Wearing special clothes for an occasion, for example a party

is more focused on smart or fashionable outfits and idiomatic use
dressed-up
vstogged
46 2.7

Wearing special formal clothes for a party or event

is the informal adjective used broadly for smart or fashionable look
garbed
vstogged
  • Literature
2 7.4

Wearing certain clothes, often formal or special

is a casual idiomatic term for smart or fashionable clothing
togged up
vstogged
  • UK
1 9.1

Wearing smart clothes for a special event

is the base adjective often used without the particle for smart clothing
garmented
vstogged
  • Archaic
1 9.0

Wearing fine clothes for a special event

is the everyday idiomatic word for smart or fashionable clothing

Antonyms

casual
173 2.8

Informal and relaxed, not serious

undressed
  • NSFW
32 1.9

A person who is not wearing any clothes

Idioms

togged up
  • UK
1 9.1

Wearing smart clothes for a special event

How Dressed

overdressed
11 4.4
togged
  • UK
1 8.4
smart
18 2.4
dressed
765 1.0
casual
63 1.3
underdressed
8 4.2

Surface Forms

toggled positive
toggled up positive
toggled out positive

Morphology

togged = tog (transparent) = tog + ed

Standard participial adjective formed from the verb 'tog' meaning 'to dress', so a learner who knows the verb can infer 'togged' = 'dressed'.

Etymology

Togged comes from the simple word tog, which means 'clothes' and is still used today in the form togs. A helpful way to remember it is to think of toga, the Roman robe, and that's why to be togged up or out means to be 'dressed' in smart or special clothes.