dress-up

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noun

ˈdres-ˌəp

plural dress-ups

: a time or occasion for which fancy or formal clothing is worn

Miller used to favor high-necked lace blouses for dress-up and fishing hats for play.

Curry Kirkpatrick

Marla feels comfiest in jeans and sweats but likes soft beiges for dress-up.

People Weekly

Also like their parents, children want a wardrobe that is suitable for a variety of activities: play, school and dress-up.

Andrea Skinner

: a game or activity (as for children) that involves dressing up in special clothing or costumes

Most young children like to play dress-up, parading around the house in their dad's wing tips or smearing their mom's lipstick all over their face.

Christine Gorman

Nina was petite but too muscular to wear her mother's cast-off Chanel. She was like a girl playing dress-up.

Tom Jenks

I drew pictures with her and played dress-up with our mother's party gowns.

Lorene Cary

So get in the spirit with these costume parties, haunted tours, pet dress-ups, … and haunted houses.

Cincinnati.com

dress up

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verb

dressed up; dressing up; dresses up

transitive verb

: to make more attractive, glamorous, or fancy

dress up a plain dessert with a rich chocolate sauce

: to attire in best or formal clothes

: to attire in clothes suited to a particular role

: to present in the most attractive or impressive light

a fiasco dressed up as a triumph

intransitive verb

: to get dressed up

Example Sentences

Verb we always like to dress up when going to parties the war was a fiasco that the administration tried to dress up as a triumph

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

Ever the stylist, Young also explained that jewelry like this offers an easy fix to dress up an ensemble for Zoom meetings.

Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2022 There was no pressure to dress up, there was no pressure to go and meet people, there was no pressure to wear high heels.

Steve Baltin, Forbes, 24 July 2022 Attendees can dress up or down depending on personal taste.

Marc Bona, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2022 For a top that's easy to dress up or down, opt for the Timeson V-Neck Short Sleeve Chiffon Blouse.

Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2022 Her goal is to have customers dress up in their best outfits for their tea experiences.

Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2022 Here, pops of lime green and navy enter in the form of patterned throw pillows to dress up an otherwise neutral color scheme.

Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2022 Look no further for non-tacky Halloween party decor to dress up your fright night.

Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022 What better way to show your excitement than to dress up as Black Panther this Halloween?

Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping, 12 May 2022 See More

dressing up

verb

present participle of dress up

as in dressing

to put on one's best or formal clothes we always like to dress up when going to parties

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

dressing
dolling up
clothing
costuming
prinking
smartening (up)
togging (out or up)
primping
appareling
bedizening
rigging (out)
decking
suiting
preening
accessorizing
caparisoning
duding (up)
garmenting
attiring
apparelling
robing
garbing
bedecking
arraying
investing

as in disguising

to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity the war was a fiasco that the administration tried to dress up as a triumph

Synonyms & Similar Words

disguising
masking
camouflaging
concealing
hiding
simulating
blotting out
cloaking
obscuring
covering
posing
screening
affecting
assuming
curtaining
masquerading
occulting
veiling
playing
pretending
shrouding
enshrouding
blanketing
feigning
glossing (over)
shamming
counterfeiting
dissimulating
cosmeticizing
dissembling
varnishing
acting
faking
impersonating
gilding
whitewashing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

unmasking
displaying
exhibiting
showing
exposing
undraping
uncovering
unveiling
parading
disclosing
exposing
revealing
unclothing
discovering
baring
betraying
flaunting
divulging
uncloaking

as in sweetening

to make more desirable dressed up the house with new windows and a paint job before putting it on the market

Synonyms & Similar Words

sweetening
sprucing
improving
souping up
candying
meliorating
enhancing
ameliorating
dolling up
tricking
enriching
cosmeticizing
embellishing

as in clothing

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes the girls were dressed up in skirts or dresses, but the boys were wearing jeans

Synonyms & Similar Words

clothing
dressing
doing up
getting up
decking (out)
appareling
togging (up or out)
rigging (out)
costuming
attiring
vesturing
gowning
garmenting
apparelling
enrobing
wrapping
draping
toileting
caparisoning
garbing
habiting
robing
suiting
bedecking
dressing down
arraying
investing
jacketing
frocking
furnishing
habilitating
vesting
mantling
cloaking
swaddling
outfitting
enswathing
tailoring
accoutering
uniforming
equipping
bedighting
accoutring
huddling
happing
swathing
underdressing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

stripping
undressing
disarraying
untrussing
disrobing
unclothing
uncovering
denuding
undraping
unveiling
divesting

单词	dressing up
释义	dress-up 1 of 2 noun ˈdres-ˌəp plural dress-ups 1 : a time or occasion for which fancy or formal clothing is worn Miller used to favor high-necked lace blouses for dress-up and fishing hats for play. Curry Kirkpatrick Marla feels comfiest in jeans and sweats but likes soft beiges for dress-up. People Weekly Also like their parents, children want a wardrobe that is suitable for a variety of activities: play, school and dress-up. Andrea Skinner 2 : a game or activity (as for children) that involves dressing up in special clothing or costumes Most young children like to play dress-up, parading around the house in their dad's wing tips or smearing their mom's lipstick all over their face. Christine Gorman Nina was petite but too muscular to wear her mother's cast-off Chanel. She was like a girl playing dress-up. Tom Jenks I drew pictures with her and played dress-up with our mother's party gowns. Lorene Cary So get in the spirit with these costume parties, haunted tours, pet dress-ups, … and haunted houses. Cincinnati.com dress up 2 of 2 verb dressed up; dressing up; dresses up transitive verb 1 : to make more attractive, glamorous, or fancy dress up a plain dessert with a rich chocolate sauce 2 a : to attire in best or formal clothes b : to attire in clothes suited to a particular role 3 : to present in the most attractive or impressive light a fiasco dressed up as a triumph intransitive verb : to get dressed up Synonyms Verb doll up dress See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Verb we always like to dress up when going to parties the war was a fiasco that the administration tried to dress up as a triumph Recent Examples on the Web Verb Ever the stylist, Young also explained that jewelry like this offers an easy fix to dress up an ensemble for Zoom meetings. Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Aug. 2022 There was no pressure to dress up, there was no pressure to go and meet people, there was no pressure to wear high heels. Steve Baltin, Forbes, 24 July 2022 Attendees can dress up or down depending on personal taste. Marc Bona, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2022 For a top that's easy to dress up or down, opt for the Timeson V-Neck Short Sleeve Chiffon Blouse. Isabel Garcia, Peoplemag, 13 Aug. 2022 Her goal is to have customers dress up in their best outfits for their tea experiences. Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2022 Here, pops of lime green and navy enter in the form of patterned throw pillows to dress up an otherwise neutral color scheme. Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2022 Look no further for non-tacky Halloween party decor to dress up your fright night. Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022 What better way to show your excitement than to dress up as Black Panther this Halloween? Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping, 12 May 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun from the phrasal verb dress up First Known Use Noun 1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb circa 1513, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2a dressing up verb present participle of dress up 1 as in dressing to put on one's best or formal clothes we always like to dress up when going to parties Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance dressing dolling up clothing costuming prinking smartening (up) togging (out or up) primping appareling bedizening rigging (out) decking suiting preening accessorizing caparisoning duding (up) garmenting attiring apparelling robing garbing bedecking arraying investing 2 as in disguising to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity the war was a fiasco that the administration tried to dress up as a triumph Synonyms & Similar Words disguising masking camouflaging concealing hiding simulating blotting out cloaking obscuring covering posing screening affecting assuming curtaining masquerading occulting veiling playing pretending shrouding enshrouding blanketing feigning glossing (over) shamming counterfeiting dissimulating cosmeticizing dissembling varnishing acting faking impersonating gilding whitewashing Antonyms & Near Antonyms unmasking displaying exhibiting showing exposing undraping uncovering unveiling parading disclosing exposing revealing unclothing discovering baring betraying flaunting divulging uncloaking See More 3 as in sweetening to make more desirable dressed up the house with new windows and a paint job before putting it on the market Synonyms & Similar Words sweetening sprucing improving souping up candying meliorating enhancing ameliorating dolling up tricking enriching cosmeticizing embellishing 4 as in clothing to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes the girls were dressed up in skirts or dresses, but the boys were wearing jeans Synonyms & Similar Words clothing dressing doing up getting up decking (out) appareling togging (up or out) rigging (out) costuming attiring vesturing gowning garmenting apparelling enrobing wrapping draping toileting caparisoning garbing habiting robing suiting bedecking dressing down arraying investing jacketing frocking furnishing habilitating vesting mantling cloaking swaddling outfitting enswathing tailoring accoutering uniforming equipping bedighting accoutring huddling happing swathing underdressing Antonyms & Near Antonyms stripping undressing disarraying untrussing disrobing unclothing uncovering denuding undraping unveiling divesting See More
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