spiff up

VERB

brighten

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clear up enliven illuminate light up lighten

STRONG

burnish gleam illumine intensify kindle polish

WEAK

buff up grow sunny punch up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

complicate darken dull

WEAK

deepen depress fade upset

VERB

dress up

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 titivate

Antonyms

WEAK

dress casually dress down

VERB

embellish

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adorn bedeck dress up embroider exaggerate festoon gild overstate

STRONG

amplify array beautify color deck elaborate enhance enrich fudge garnish grace magnify ornament trim

WEAK

add bells and whistles emblaze fix up give details gussy up spruce up

Antonyms

STRONG

decrease harm lessen reduce

WEAK

deface disfigure mar simplify spoil uglify

VERB

garnish

Synonyms

STRONG

adorn beautify bedeck deck decorate enhance grace ornament trim

WEAK

dress up fix up gussy up set off spruce up

Antonyms

STRONG

mar

WEAK

decrease divest harm hurt leave plain strip

VERB

groom

Synonyms

STRONGEST

comb educate prim tend

STRONG

brush clean coach curry dress drill nurture preen prep prime primp ready refine refresh sleek tidy train

WEAK

lick into shape make attractive make presentable pretty up put through grind put through mill rub down shape up slick up smarten up spruce up turn out

Antonyms

STRONG

damage dirty forget mess up neglect ruin

WEAK

ignore

Example Sentences

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All the videos were snippets of her nonstop campaign to spiff up the home she had just moved into with her husband.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2024

What if we could eliminate many unruly passenger incidents by simply suggesting that passengers spiff up a little before they leave for the airport?

From Seattle Times • Jun. 19, 2023

The most entertaining content comes from Jason Calacanis, the prominent Silicon Valley angel investor, who urged Musk to clean up Twitter’s bots and spam and spiff up its business.

From Slate • Sep. 30, 2022

Initiatives to spiff up clothing lines to fuel sales is “giving us confidence that our overall strategy and transformation is beginning to take hold,” said chief executive Marvin Ellison in a company release Friday.

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2017

The Washburns hire two gardeners, who spiff up the grounds.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

spiff up

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