Meanings
- idiomaticnot comparableDressed in a very fashionable style.
She's a scented magazine/Looking sharp and living clean/Living well and dressed to kill/But she looks like hell to me
2000, Tré Cool, “Fashion Victim”, in Warning, performed by Green day1 more example
During the 1980s, its vivid streetlife became a symbol of the “consumer socialism” that distinguished Hungary from other Eastern Bloc states, but Budapesters today are rather less enamoured of Váci: dressed-to-kill babes and their sugar daddies would rather pose in malls, and teenagers can find McDonald's anywhere, leaving Váci utterly dependent on tourists for its livelihood and bustle.
2002, Charles Hebbert, Dan Richardson, The Rough Guide to Budapest, 2nd edition, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 73
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedressed in fancy or formal clothing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
French tiré à quatre épingles, sur son trente-et-un
- tiré à quatre épinglesdressed in a very fashionable style
- sur son trente-et-undressed in a very fashionable style
Spanish de punta en blanco
- de punta en blancodressed in a very fashionable style
Cite this entry
dressed to kill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dressed%20to%20kill
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