Meanings
adjectivedressed up (comparative more dressed up, superlative most dressed up)
comparative more dressed up · superlative most dressed up
- Wearing formal (dress) clothes.
Everyone was so nicely dressed up for the wedding, I couldn't resist taking a picture.
Synonyms: endimanched
- Wearing a costume.
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of dress up
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWearing formal (dress) clothes.
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Translations
Danish udklædt
- udklædtwearing a costume
German schick angezogen, gut angezogen
- schick angezogenwearing formal clothing
- gut angezogenwearing formal clothing
Irish pioctha péacach, gléasta suas
- pioctha péacachwearing formal clothing
- gléasta suaswearing a costume
Italian elegante, agghindato
- elegantewearing a costume
- agghindatowearing a costume
- abbellitowearing a costume
- bardatowearing a costume
- acconciatowearing a costume
- azzimatowearing a costume
Norwegian Bokmål utkledd
- utkleddwearing a costume
Polish wystrojony, przebrany
- wystrojonywearing formal clothing
- przebranywearing a costume
- wystrojonywearing a costume
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dressed up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dressed%20up
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“dressed up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dressed%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dressed up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dressed%20up.
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