dressed up

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dressed up

adjective more dressed up · most dressed up

  1. Wearing formal (dress) clothes. Everyone was so nicely dressed up for the wedding, I couldn't resist taking a picture.

    Similar: endimanched

  2. Wearing a costume.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of dress up

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adj wearing formal clothing

Deutschschick angezogen, gut angezogen

adj wearing a costume

Italianoelegante, agghindato, abbellito, bardato, acconciato, azzimato

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@misc{dressed_up_2026,
  title = {dressed up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dressed%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}