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If I'm getting dressed up, I love Alice + Olivia, they have great pieces. I still look at all of the whowhatwhere.com and I read all of the fashion blogs. I'm working my way up to more grown up pieces.
Candice Accola

Meaning of "dressed up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DRESSED UP

dressed up  [drest ʌp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRESSED UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dressed up is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DRESSED UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dress-up

Dress-up is a game played mainly by children. It involves dressing up, usually to impersonate someone or something, like an animal or character in a fairy tale. The type of clothes they dress up in often resembles who they are trying to be, either adults' clothing or special play clothes designed specifically for dress-up like feather boas and jewelry. More and more tweens are taking to the internet to talk with friends, shop and play games. In recent years, the most popular girls games have been dress up and fashion games which allow girls to dress and customize virtual dolls, go shopping and complete challenges. The newest virtual dress up sites allow users to make new friends and chat with other users while they play with their pretend dolls. It is said to help children strengthen their imagination and helps with learning, since it is a form of make-believe and role-playing. The game is most popular among girls, usually from ages 2–8.

Definition of dressed up in the English dictionary

The definition of dressed up in the dictionary is wearing smart clothes. Other definition of dressed up is dressed up as sth portrayed as.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DRESSED UP


lace-up
leɪs ʌp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRESSED UP

dress suit
dress uniform
dress up
dress-down day
dress-down Friday
dressage
dressed
dressed crab
dressed to kill
dressed to the nines
dresser
dressguard
dressier
dressiest
dressily
dressiness
dressing
dressing case
dressing gown
dressing room

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRESSED UP

buttoned up
dolled up
end up
fed up
fired up
glammed up
hyped up
keyed up
mixed up
psyched up
puffed up
screwed up
shed up
speed up
speeded up
steamed up
stuffed up
tooled up
washed up
worked up
wrapped up

Synonyms and antonyms of dressed up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dressed up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRESSED UP

Find out the translation of dressed up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dressed up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dressed up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

盛装的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acicalado
570 millions of speakers

English

dressed up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तैयार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ابسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нарядили
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arrumado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সজ্জিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bien habillé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

berpakaian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

herausgeputzt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

正装する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정장을 한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Disandangi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trang điểm lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உடுத்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कपडे घातले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

giydi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

elegante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przebrany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нарядили
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

îmbrăcat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ντυθεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geklee
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utklädd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kledd opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dressed up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRESSED UP»

The term «dressed up» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.590 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRESSED UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dressed up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dressed up» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dressed up

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10 QUOTES WITH «DRESSED UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dressed up.
1
Candice Accola
If I'm getting dressed up, I love Alice + Olivia, they have great pieces. I still look at all of the whowhatwhere.com and I read all of the fashion blogs. I'm working my way up to more grown up pieces.
2
Ian Axel
I started writing songs when I was real young, when I was 3 years old. The piano spoke to me - I don't remember when I wasn't playing piano. My second grade talent show was the first time I performed my own thing. I dressed up as Dracula and played a song called 'Monster Rock' that I wrote. And I won.
3
Luke Benward
One year, my family and I dressed up in the theme of 'Wizard of Oz' for Halloween. We all went as the different characters. I was the Tin Man!
4
Eric Bristow
The Crafty Cockney had a picture of the owner dressed up as a copper, so I brought it home, wore it on TV and the name just stuck.
5
Candace Cameron Bure
I'm a mom, so I have to be comfortable. Jeans are a staple - I have way too many in my closet! It's warm in Florida, so I wear jeans and a tank top every day. I love my True Religions, my Rich and Skinny, and Citizens of Humanity. But I also love getting dressed up!
6
MyAnna Buring
I love getting dressed up.
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Edie Campbell
I think there is something to be said for not feeling like just because you're a model you have to be dressed up, look amazing, go to every party, and be smiling all the time.
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Tracy Chapman
I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them.
9
Lauren Conrad
Dates are always hard. You don't want to be too dressed up or too casual.
10
Illeana Douglas
I wore a lot of vintage clothing. I dressed like a reporter, with a little card in my hat. I had these fantasies of who I wanted to be, so I'd dress like an explorer, a cowboy. I dressed up like Elton John a lot too. That was another period.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRESSED UP»

Discover the use of dressed up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dressed up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Gentleman Gets Dressed Up Revised & Updated: What to Wear, ...
Let’s get one thing straight.
John Bridges, Bryan Curtis, 2012
2
Not-So-Humble Pies: An Iconic Dessert, All Dressed Up
A collection of more than 100 fancy, high-class pies includes Chocolate Acai Chiffon Pie, Green Tea Passion Fruit Mousse Pie, Honey Lavender Apple Pie, Ancho Chili and Chocolate Toffee Pie, Blood Orange Curd Pie and more. Original.
Kelly Jaggers, 2012
3
All dressed up: the sixties and the counterculture
Jonathon Green's oral history of the sixties 'underground', Days in the Life, has been until now the most complete account of that celebrated - and much maligned - decade.
Jonathon Green, 1998
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Dressed Up Garbage Can
Take a journey with the Shy-Tiger as she walks down that road that so many of us do on a daily basis, or shall we say, a lifetime. What is that we see when we look at our reflection in the mirror of life?
The Shy-Tiger, 2012
5
The dressed up book
Five children dress in different colorful costumes emphasizing their hair, mouth, ears, shoulders, stomachs, eyes hands, knees, feet, and toes.
Kathy Stinson, Heather Collins, 1990
6
Meghan Rose All Dressed Up
Meghan Rose feels bad because she does not have designer clothes, and when she gets poison ivy she feels even worse, but her grandmother reminds her that God loves her for how she is on the inside, not how she looks on the outside.
Lori Z. Scott, 2008
7
All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go
At the end of the 1950s, a debonair and well-dressed Malcolm Bradbury returned from a year in the United States, slightly shattered but not quite broken, to a Britain that had thoroughly changed.
Malcolm Bradbury, 2011
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All Dressed Up
Removable paper dolls of some of Disney's favorite animated heroines, with related clothing. Includes Ariel, Cinderella, Belle, Jasmine, Aurora, and Snow White.
RH Disney, 2008
9
A Messed-up Ride Or a Dressed-up Walk
But once again I remembered my grandfather's words, "A messed-up ride is better than a dressed-up walk." So I took a messed-up ride to Harvey, Illinois, a small town just south of Chicago. The service was lively, with great music and ...
Jerald January, Sr., Steve Wamberg, 2004
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Cats: All Dressed Up: All Dressed Up
All Dressed Up Xist Publishing. Cat Dressed Up as a Mouse New Years Kitty.
Xist Publishing, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRESSED UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dressed up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Johnny Depp visits children in hospital dressed as Captain Jack …
July 8, 2015 3:12 PM EDT - Actor Johnny Depp paid a visit to Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in Brisbane, Australia. Depp dressed up as Captain Jack Sparrow, ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
English votes for English laws: a Tory power grab dressed up in …
English votes for English laws: a Tory power grab dressed up in constitutional jargon. The Conservatives' plans are a dog's breakfast that may ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
3
Ice addicts jailed after being caught by police who dressed up as …
Three ice addicts caught in a police sting where undercover officers posed as Australia Post delivery drivers have been jailed for smuggling ... «The Age, Jul 15»
4
Enjoy This Video of Mike Huckabee Dressed Up as Cher, Singing 'I …
Piece by piece, Huckabee is dressed up as a Cher puppet while Fator dons a Sonny Bono (the late Republican!) wig and forces Huckabee into ... «Mediaite, Jul 15»
5
Chuck Williams: Sometimes getting dressed up feels right
I was all dressed up and even though it was a hot night, it worked. I liked it so much when I got home and one of our dogs -- a 7-pound terrorist ... «Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Jul 15»
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#RedditRevolt is harassment dressed up as free speech
It is growing difficult to keep track of the so-called scandals continuously erupting in geek culture. First there was #GamerGate, the opening ... «Al Jazeera America, Jul 15»
7
'My own little minion': Dan Osborne's son Teddy makes our heart …
DAN Osborne has posted the cutest picture of his son Teddy dressed up as a minion. Watching his son play in the garden, Jacqueline Jossa's ... «OK! Magazine, Jul 15»
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Dressed up your resume details? Here's how it could cut your career …
If you assume that organisations simply archive resumes without ascertaining its veracity, think again. For every Tom, Dick or Harry who gets ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
9
Dressed up and ready for the Durban July
04 July 2015 – Blogger and stylist, Tshepi Vundla gives some fun tips and insight on what not to do at the hottest event on South Africa's racing ... «eNCA, Jul 15»
10
Adorable pictures show dogs dressed up in cute outfits at canine …
THESE adorable pictures show dogs transformed into nurses, scuba divers and ballet dancers as they competed in a canine fancy dress ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»

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