made-up

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made-up

adjective more made-up · most made-up · made up · madeup

  1. Invented or fabricated. He told me a made-up version of the events, but I demanded the truth.
  2. Changed by the application of cosmetics; wearing make-up. a freshly made-up clown
  3. Arranged or put together. The newly made-up front page had to be changed as the last-minute news arrived.
  4. UK, regional Delighted, pleased, thrilled. I was made-up when the local team won.
  5. Built up (to a higher level). All three structures were sited on made-up ground, to depths up to about 20 ft., which had been deposited to form the railway embankments.

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adj invented, fabricated

Españolfabricado, inventado
中文虛構的 /虚构的 xūgòu de, 虛假的 /虚假的 xūjiǎ de
हिन्दीमनगढ़ंत managṛhant, कल्पित kalpit
Portuguêsfabricado, inventado
Deutschausgedacht, erfunden, erlogen, erdichtet
Italianoinventato, falso
العربيةمُخْتَلَق muḵtalaq

adj changed by cosmetics

Españolmaquillado
Italianotruccato
עבריתמאופר meupar

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@misc{made_up_2026,
  title = {made-up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/made-up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}