Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective attired in fancy or formal clothing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective dressed in fancy or formal clothing

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Examples

  • This worked in both directions: more normative beauty-oriented perceivers (those into "fitness and wellness") specifically tended to like dressed-up (as opposed to outlandishly-dressed) others.

    Who Is Popular at First Sight? 2011

  • I knocked around racetracks all over the country, and I noticed how dressed-up the jockey agents were.

    May « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009

  • The dressed-up ensembles don't bring old-school foresters to mind so much as the cast of "Twin Peaks."

    Mountain Man Mode Darrell Hartman 2011

  • Chanel Ths look from Chanel is a play on the dressed-up menswear trend.

    Menswear Suits the Ladies, Too 2010

  • Sales of the book soared with the dressed-up branding of the book and all relating marketing collateral.

    Penny C. Sansevieri: 8 Mistakes That Will Absolutely Kill Your Book Penny C. Sansevieri 2011

  • With their dressed-up store labels, retailers aim to increase market share and boost profit margins amid rising food costs, and the payoff is evident in the narrowing price gap between mainstream brands and stores' private labels.

    Store Brands Step Up Their Game, and Prices Hannah Karp 2012

  • Surfing the site, which runs from “A Beautiful Mind” to “Zulu Dawn” I have learned that: the Cobra Assault Cannons in “Robocop” – my favorite dystopian-future movie – are dressed-up .50 BMGs.

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  • I printed out coloring sheets that looked like gingerbread people and the kids “dressed-up” the figures.

    They Say It’s Her Birthday | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • Back then, local residents might have known that the Czech word hospoda means tavern or beer hall, a fitting name for a place planning to offer an afternoon beer menu of pub snacks like marinated sausages, pickled cheese and bucek, Mr. Sahajdák's traditional but dressed-up take on slow-cooked pork belly.

    A Modern Take on Czech Cuisine Evan Rail 2011

  • Sales of the book soared with the dressed-up branding of the book and all relating marketing collateral.

    Penny C. Sansevieri: 8 Mistakes That Will Absolutely Kill Your Book Penny C. Sansevieri 2011

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