"dressed up" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more dressed up [comparative], most dressed up [superlative]
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  1. Wearing formal (dress) clothes. Synonyms: endimanched Derived forms: 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 formal clothing): schick angezogen (German), pioctha péacach (Irish)
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  2. Wearing a costume. Translations (wearing a costume): udklædt (Danish), gléasta suas (Irish), elegante (Italian), agghindato (Italian), abbellito (Italian), bardato (Italian), acconciato (Italian), azzimato (Italian), utkledd (Norwegian Bokmål), utkledd (Norwegian Nynorsk), przebrany (Polish), wystrojony (Polish)
    Sense id: en-dressed_up-en-adj-CdfY4N~O Disambiguation of 'wearing a costume': 10 90

Verb

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  1. simple past and past participle of dress up Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: dress up
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