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synonyms for dress up

  • attire
  • clothe
  • deck out
  • embellish
  • spruce up
  • array
  • beautify
  • fit out
  • fix up
  • gussy up
  • improve
  • overdress
  • preen
  • prettify
  • primp
  • prink
  • slick
  • smarten
  • spiff up
  • titivate
On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dress up, such as: attire, clothe, deck out, embellish, spruce up, and array.

antonyms for dress up

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  • dress down
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How to use dress up in a sentence

Your parasol takes one hand; hold your dress up a little with the other.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEY
Then he studied it over and said, couldn't I put on some of them old things and dress up like a girl?
ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, COMPLETEMARK TWAIN (SAMUEL CLEMENS)
Want to dress up, an' flour your hair, an' put on spe'tacles, an' come an' play with us old folks?
COUNTRY NEIGHBORSALICE BROWN
Thus men, when they wish to be priests or judges, dress up like women.
THE NAPOLEON OF NOTTING HILLGILBERT K. CHESTERTON
And 'tis specially lovely for me, 'cause I can stay up to dinner, and dress up, and everything.
MARJORIE'S BUSY DAYSCAROLYN WELLS
I am hungry, and I would love to dress up in some of Marjories clothes, Ronny made reply.
MARJORIE DEAN COLLEGE FRESHMANPAULINE LESTER
She would rather dress up, and play keep house, while Lulu wanted to be off having a good time with her brother.
LULU, ALICE AND JIMMIE WIBBLEWOBBLEHOWARD R. GARIS
She'd have to dress up and give dinners, and go places and dance and meet cheerful people, and—well, who knows?
WHAT WILL PEOPLE SAY?RUPERT HUGHES
Beautiful girls will happily unbuckle their communist suits and dress up in old silken low-necks, hired from a costumer.
THE CROW'S NESTCLARENCE DAY, JR.
As a rule, young people love a “dress-up” party, and the guests all entered into the spirit of the thing.
PATTY'S FRIENDSCAROLYN WELLS
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO DRESS UP

  • array
  • beautify
  • bedeck
  • deck
  • doll up
  • dress up
  • embellish
  • enhance
  • enrich
  • fix up
  • furbish
  • garnish
  • grace
  • gussy up
  • ornament
  • spruce up
  • trim
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