dressed-up
Definition
- Adjective:
- Wearing fancy or formal clothing: Describes a person who is wearing elegant, elaborate, or formal attire, often for a special occasion.
- Made to appear more impressive or elaborate: Can describe something that has been decorated or altered to look more fancy or sophisticated.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The guests were all dressed-up for the gala dinner.
- She felt very dressed-up in her new gown and jewelry.
- It's just a casual barbecue; you don't need to get dressed-up.
Advanced Usage
- "to be/get all dressed up": To be or become fully attired in one's best or most formal clothes.
- The children were all dressed up for their school concert.
- "dressed-up with nowhere to go": An idiom describing someone who is wearing formal or fancy clothes but has no event or place to attend, often implying anticlimax or wasted effort.
- After the party was canceled, I was left dressed-up with nowhere to go.
Variants and Related Words
- Dress up (phrasal verb): To put on formal or fancy clothes, or to wear a costume.
- The children love to dress up in their parents' old clothes.
- Dressy (adjective): Characterized by or requiring elegant, formal attire.
- The invitation specified a dressy dress code.
Synonyms
- Formally attired: Wearing clothes suitable for a formal event.
- Gussied up: (Informal) Dressed in a showy or fancy way.
- Spruced up: Neatened, cleaned, and made smart in appearance.
Antonyms
- Casually dressed: Wearing informal, everyday clothes.
- Scruffy: Untidy and dirty in appearance.
Related Phrases
- To dress to the nines: To dress in an extremely fashionable or formal manner.
- They dressed to the nines for the awards ceremony.
Adjective
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dressed in fancy or formal clothing
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