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Definitions

gussied up

ADJECTIVE
dressed to the nines
Synonyms
WEAK
dolled up dressed to advantage dressed to kill dressed to the teeth dressed-up in full dress in full feather soignée spiffed up spruced up well-dressed well-turned-out
ADJECTIVE
dressed up
Synonyms
WEAK
dolled up dressed to kill dressed to the nines fashionable formal in full dress in one's best bib and tucker ornate spruced up
ADJECTIVE
gaudy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
brilliant flashy garish jazzy ostentatious showy snazzy splashy
STRONG
chichi crude gay gross pizazz screaming tinsel
WEAK
blatant brazen catchpenny chintzy coarse flaunting florid froufrou glaring kitschy loud meretricious obtrusive pretentious putting on the ritz raffish ritzy splendiferous tasteless tawdry
Antonyms
STRONGEST
modest normal plain simple tasteful
WEAK
calm drab dull refined sophisticated

Example Sentences

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Summer 2025’s blockbusters have been gussied up to seem as appealing and action-packed as ever.

From Salon • Jul. 7, 2025

The film itself is a fairly slight story, gussied up in period costuming and hair.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2024

The performance space is a rehearsal studio that hasn’t been gussied up much, and the performers make full use of it.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2024

On the bar food, staples of vermicelli noodles and sandwiches get gussied up with marbled beef and other high end meats.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2023

I was already picturing Nan’s brace gussied up, though she wasn’t one for sequins—maybe silver studs.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry