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 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

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

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 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

gussied up

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