dressed up

English

Adjective

dressed up (comparative more dressed up, superlative most dressed up)

Two dressed up (1) ladies walking in a dusty street of Kenya

1. Wearing formal (dress) clothes.

   Everyone was so nicely dressed up for the wedding, I couldn't resist taking a picture.

2. Wearing a costume.

Synonyms

• endimanched

Derived terms

• all dressed up and nowhere to go
• dressed up like a Christmas tree
• dressed up like a dog's dinner
• mutton dressed up as lamb

Translations

wearing a costume

• Danish: udklædt
• Irish: gléasta suas
• Italian: elegante (it), agghindato (it), abbellito (it), bardato (it), acconciato (it), azzimato (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utkledd

  Nynorsk: utkledd

• Polish: przebrany, wystrojony

Verb

dressed up

1. simple past and past participle of dress up