| Verb | 1. | dress up - 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: attire, deck out, deck up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up, gussy up, overdress, prink, get up Antonyms: underdress, dress down - put on clothes that make a careless or ill-dressed impression |
| 2. | dress up - make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth" Synonyms: window-dress | |
| 3. | dress up - put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion" | |
| 4. | dress up - dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins" Synonyms: costume | |
| 5. | dress up - dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie" Synonyms: dress |
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