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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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“Well… I’m not a lawyer yet, I just play a very well-dressed one on TV,” Kardashian wrote on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2025

And so it was on Wednesday and Saturday nights, the IPO’s first and last appearances at Carnegie this visit, with tempers between the often-masked protesters and the well-dressed concertgoers flaring occasionally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Tai and Naiyahmi Yasharahyalah arrived at court day in, day out, well-dressed and looking smart, which is far cry from how they looked three years ago.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024

“Linda is this well-spoken, congenial, bright, well-dressed woman executive, but she helped run a testosterone-fueled business that was seen as very sleazy for a long time,” pro-wrestling expert Dave Letzer told The Washington Post.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2024

“Ah, good fortune,” answered the man carelessly, his eye on a well-dressed customer who had just come in.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck