dresses up

VERB

put on one's best clothes

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attire clothe deck out embellish spruce up

WEAK

array beautify fit out fix up gussy up improve overdress preen prettify primp prink slick smarten spiff up titivate

Antonyms

WEAK

dress casually dress down

Example Sentences

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They largely portrayed Rubin as a retiree who dresses up as characters from “Frozen” to make his grandchildren laugh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

None of the women she dresses up to be are natural parts of her.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2025

Well, only if Luke Littler dresses up as a kebab and belts out Teenage Kicks.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2024

He usually dresses up as a football player.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2023

Leo looks like a neighbor man who remembers every kid’s birthday and dresses up like Santa for the Salvation Army.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes