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Synonyms for dress up
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  1. dress upverb

    Antonyms:
    dress down

  2. dress upverb

    Antonyms:
    dress down

  3. dress upverb

    We're having a party on Saturday, but you must dress up as a famous historical figure.

    Antonyms:
    dress down

  4. dress upverb

    Antonyms:
    dress down

  5. dress upverb

    Antonyms:
    dress down

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog outverb

    put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive

    "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"

    Synonyms:
    deck out, prink, drum, rise, dress, prepare, gussy up, bone up, mug up, fancy up, costume, elevate, uprise, barde, trick up, rig out, tog up, grind away, lift, deck up, cram, arise, swot up, bring up, organize, window-dress, swot, caparison, organise, stand up, bard, raise, work up, attire, get up, bone, turn out, fig out, trick out, devise, tog out, overclothe, overdress, machinate, fig up

    Antonyms:
    dress down, underdress

  2. dress up, window-dressverb

    make something appear superficially attractive

    "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth"

    Synonyms:
    tog up, prink, trick out, fancy up, fig up, rig out, deck out, bard, gussy up, tog out, window-dress, costume, dress, barde, caparison, deck up, fig out, get up, overdress, attire, trick up

    Antonyms:
    underdress, dress down

  3. caparison, bard, barde, dress upverb

    put a caparison on

    "caparison the horses for the festive occasion"

    Synonyms:
    tog up, prink, trick out, trick up, fancy up, fig up, rig out, deck out, gussy up, tog out, window-dress, costume, dress, barde, caparison, deck up, bard, fig out, get up, overdress, attire

    Antonyms:
    underdress, dress down

  4. costume, dress upverb

    dress in a costume

    "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"

    Synonyms:
    tog up, prink, trick out, fancy up, fig up, rig out, deck out, bard, gussy up, tog out, window-dress, costume, dress, barde, caparison, deck up, fig out, get up, overdress, attire, trick up

    Antonyms:
    dress down, underdress

  5. dress, dress upverb

    dress in a certain manner

    "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie"

    Synonyms:
    line up, rig out, prink, decorate, curry, clip, preen, fig up, apparel, fancy up, deck out, primp, prune, barde, trick up, garment, habilitate, tog up, deck up, trim, dress out, arrange, gussy up, garb, attire, raiment, window-dress, coiffe, do, overdress, coiffure, get dressed, bard, plume, coif, trick out, get up, garnish, caparison, fig out, fit out, crop, costume, tog out, clothe, tog, cut back, enclothe, set, snip, lop, dress, groom

    Antonyms:
    dress down, underdress

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How to use dress up in a sentence?

  1. Shinzo Abe:

    To be honest, when [Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee head Yoshiro] Mori first came to me with the idea [of appearing at the closing ceremony dressed as Super Mario], I didn’t like it [laughs], ‘Is it really OK for a prime minister to dress up like Mario?’ I asked. As much as possible, I wanted to avoid any politicizing of the Olympics, and it’s a 20-hour flight to Rio.

  2. Daily Caller:

    Apparently, it's totally fine to dress up as tiki torch nazis as long as you play for the right team, lincoln Projects biggest grift is they aim all their stuff at liberal Twitter so their funders have no idea how unconvincing and juvenile it is. But it does help them afford the vacation homes.

  3. David Spade:

    It’s funny because every girl I was with or anyone around that knew they would see Katie would dress differently. They would bring their A-game. It was very sweet. They would be like, ‘Is Katie coming? Are Andy and Katie going to be there?’ And if [she was], it was a whole new wardrobe, katie was very sweet. She knew that they were doing that, and then she would … say some compliment. And when I’d say, ‘You don’t dress up for me,’ they’d go, ‘Yeah, that’s her and you’re you.’.

  4. Haggar Clothing:

    The fact that sales came back so strongly so quickly before offices [ fully ] reopened speaks to the need for people to dress up as they get out there and socialize.

  5. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen:

    There is no question that the fact that the President of Allie Funk is using this term to attack independent media gives an element of license to other politicians elsewhere, including some authoritarian leaders to dress up their own attacks on independent media and point to the example of the Allie Funk.


Translations for dress up

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  • aufputzen, verkleidenGerman
  • ponerse bonito, embellecerSpanish
  • pukeutua, laittautuaFinnish
  • costumerFrench
  • kiöltözikHungarian
  • agghindarsi, mettersi in ghingheri, farsi bella, vestirsi elegantemente, vestirsi a festa, vestirsi bene, travestirsiItalian
  • 着飾るJapanese
  • 차려 입다Korean
  • przebierać się, przebrać sięPolish
  • нарядиться, приодетьсяRussian

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