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Definitions

well-dressed

[wel-drest] / ˈwɛlˈdrɛst /
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 spruced up well-turned-out
ADJECTIVE
handsome
Synonyms
STRONGEST
attractive beautiful clean-cut dapper elegant good-looking graceful lovely personable smart smooth stately stylish suave
WEAK
aristocratic august becoming comely fine impressive majestic noble pulchritudinous robust sharp spruce strong virile well-proportioned
Antonyms
STRONGEST
awkward disagreeable dull homely rough ruffled ugly unfashionable unsophisticated unstylish wrinkled
WEAK
unattractive

Example Sentences

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It’s a traditional sort of U.K. series, a well-dressed postwar period piece with an eccentric detective at its center.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Now the restaurant has become the epicenter of stylish downtowners coming uptown for opulent dinners where the restaurant’s regulars—older, well-dressed, celebratory—are part of the draw.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

For the first time electronic line calling has been introduced at the All England Club with the well-dressed line judges replaced by AI.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

“Today, I saw two very well-dressed ladies walking, and I breezed by them, remarking on the beautiful warm morning and how nice they looked,” she wrote.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024

Seedy men with mashed-in faces waved their cigars at tall, well-dressed businessmen carrying attache cases.

From "The Contender" by Robert Lipsyte