Definitions

dolled up

ADJECTIVE

dressed to the nines

Synonyms

WEAK

dressed to advantage dressed to kill dressed to the teeth dressed-up gussied up in full dress in full feather soignée spiffed up spruced up well-dressed well-turned-out

ADJECTIVE

dressed up

Synonyms

WEAK

dressed to kill dressed to the nines fashionable formal gussied up in full dress in one's best bib and tucker ornate spruced up

Example Sentences

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His TikTok videos show him tending to horses in the barn, dolled up with his girlfriend at major races placing $5,000 bets and celebrating big wins.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

I don’t think voters would mind boring at all, if it was dolled up with credibility and competence.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

But there is concern the optics of rich celebrities dolled up with smiles on a red carpet could come off as tone deaf.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025

And then when she's all dolled up or she thinks that things are going good, you see these pinks and the lilac and the greens more when she's happy.

From Salon • May 16, 2024

You always see twins dolled up together as kids, but you never see two grown women running around in identical outfits, holding hands.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

dolled up

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