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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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Typically, prequel films are gussied up with franchise callbacks and narrative dot-connecting to distract from the fact that they’re just as cash-grabby as any old sequel.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2026

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

The game doesn’t need to be gussied up and marketed to an audience defiant about its ambivalence.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2023

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

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.