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Antonyms for gussied up
Grammar : Adj, verb |
- antique
- break
- calm
- corrupt
- damage
- darken
- decrease
- deface
- defile
- deform
- demolish
- destroy
- dirty
- disfigure
- disrobe
- divest
- drab
- dress casually
- dress down
- dull
- harm
- hurt
- ignore
- kill
- leave plain
- lessen
- mar
- mess up
- modest
- normal
- plain
- reduce
- refined
- ruin
- simple
- simplify
- sophisticated
- spoil
- strip
- tasteful
- uglify
- unclothe
Definition of gussied up
- As in dressed up : adj dressed formally
- As in dressed to the nines : adj dressed in fancy clothing
- As in gaudy : adj bright and vulgar
- As in primp : verb beautify and dress nicely
- As in refurbish : verb spruce up
- As in renovate : verb fix up, modernize
- As in adorn : verb decorate
- As in deck : verb put on clothing, usually nice
- As in decorate : verb beautify, embellish
- As in doll up : verb beautify oneself; dress up
- As in dress up : verb put on one's best clothes
- As in embellish : verb make beautiful; decorate
- As in emblazon : verb adorn
- As in embroider : verb add fancy stitching, adornment
- As in fix up : verb prepare, beautify
- As in furbish : verb polish; renovate
- As in garnish : verb embellish, improve
- "Those girls will come all Gussied up for Sassoon," persisted Winona.
- Extract from : « The Salamander » by Owen Johnson
Synonyms for gussied up
- accouter
- add bells and whistles
- add finishing touches
- adorn
- amplify
- appoint
- array
- attire
- beautify
- bedeck
- bedizen
- blatant
- braid
- brazen
- brighten
- brilliant
- buff
- burnish
- catchpenny
- chichi
- chintzy
- clean
- clean up
- cleanse
- clothe
- coarse
- color
- cross-stitch
- crude
- deck
- deck out
- decorate
- do
- do up
- doll up
- dolled up
- dress
- dress out
- dress up
- dressed to advantage
- dressed to kill
- dressed to the nines
- dressed to the teeth
- dressed-up
- elaborate
- embellish
- emblaze
- embroider
- enhance
- enrich
- exaggerate
- face-lift
- fashionable
- festoon
- finish
- fit out
- fix up
- flashy
- flaunting
- florid
- formal
- frill
- frou-frou
- fudge
- furbish
- furnish
- garish
- garland
- garnish
- gay
- get dressed up
- gild
- give details
- glaring
- glaze
- gloss
- grace
- groom
- gross
- gussied up
- gussy up
- idealize
- illuminate
- improve
- in full dress
- in full feather
- in one's best bib and tucker
- jazz up
- jazzy
- kitschy
- knit
- loud
- magnify
- make over
- mend
- meretricious
- modernize
- obtrusive
- ornament
- ornate
- ostentatious
- overdress
- overhaul
- overstate
- paint
- pattern
- perfect
- pizzazz
- prank
- preen
- prepare
- pretentious
- prettify
- primp
- prink
- provide
- put on best clothes
- putting on the ritz
- quilt
- raffish
- reactivate
- recondition
- reconstitute
- recreate
- redo
- reequip
- refit
- reform
- refresh
- refurbish
- rehab
- rehabilitate
- rejuvenate
- rekindle
- remake
- remodel
- renew
- renovate
- repair
- restore
- resurrect
- resuscitate
- retread
- retrieve
- revamp
- revitalize
- revive
- revivify
- ritzy
- rub
- screaming
- set off
- set to rights
- shine
- showy
- slick
- smarten
- smarten up
- snazzy
- soignée
- spiff
- spiff up
- spiffed up
- splashy
- splendiferous
- spruce
- spruce up
- spruced up
- stitch
- tasteless
- tawdry
- tinsel
- titivate
- trim
- update
- weave pattern
- well-dressed
- work
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