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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Some of the backlash came after AI-generated photos appeared on social media, imagining well-dressed affluent women as prospective customers for the service.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

In “I Love Boosters,” director Boots Riley’s well-dressed thieves want to make a point about the means of production.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

A week later, a well-dressed and well-spoken young woman arrived at the house in Grimsby, calling herself Mrs Baker.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

When she was photographed or filmed going in and out of the courthouse in Manhattan where her defamation lawsuit against Trump was heard, we saw a poised, well-dressed woman walking or standing with her attorney.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2024

Two more people entered the room: a gum-chewing African American teenage girl wearing a lavender sweat suit, followed by a thirty-year-old well-dressed white guy.

From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar

well-dressed

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