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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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

Video surveillance from the venue shows a well-dressed man moving casually through the wedding reception while guests are on the dance floor.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

The author lamented that modern cakes — particularly those deemed chic enough for social media or a well-dressed birthday party — had become overwrought and overdesigned.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 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

They carried bags filled with books and looked old enough and well-dressed enough to be in college.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

well-dressed

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