spruced up

ADJECTIVE

dressed to the nines

Synonyms

WEAK

dolled up dressed to advantage dressed to kill dressed to the teeth dressed-up gussied up in full dress in full feather soignée spiffed up well-dressed well-turned-out

ADJECTIVE

dressed up

Synonyms

WEAK

dolled up dressed to kill dressed to the nines fashionable formal gussied up in full dress in one's best bib and tucker ornate

ADJECTIVE

natty

Synonyms

WEAK

chic chichi classy clean dainty dapper dashing dressed to kill dressed to the nines elegant fashionable neat prim sharp slick smart snazzy spiffy spruce stylish swanky trim well-groomed well-turned-out

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On a recent spring evening at Loma Alta Park — spruced up by the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, since the league’s former home at Farnsworth Park remains unusable — Gardner couldn’t help but smile.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

He’s pleased to see the estate being spruced up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

One of the most crucial sequences involves the makeover that Glinda tries to give Elphaba as she sings “Popular” in their Shiz University dorm room, which she has spruced up with pink accouterments.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2024

The route from the airport to Apia - Samoa's capital - had been spruced up for the royal visit on Wednesday.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2024

He grabbed Handsome’s present, which he also spruced up by tying a bright yellow ribbon around it, and left his cave.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

spruced up

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