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do up

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Synonyms and Antonyms of do up

1 to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming

the whole house had been done up for Halloween

Synonyms of do up

adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, caparison, deck, decorate, do, doll up, drape, dress, embellish, emblaze, emboss, enrich, fancify, fancy up, festoon, garnish, glitz (up), grace, gussy up, ornament, pretty (up), trim

Words Related to do up

accessorize, dress up, trap, trick (out)

brighten, freshen, smarten, spruce (up)

boss, chase

braid, embroider, feather, figure, filigree, fillet, flounce, frill, fringe, furbelow, garland, hang, lace, ribbon, swag, wreathe

appliqué, gild, paint

diamond, gem, impearl, jewel, pearl

redecorate, redo

Near Antonyms of do up

simplify, streamline

bare, denude, dismantle, display, divest, expose, reveal, strip, uncover

uglify

Antonyms of do up

blemish, deface, disfigure, mar, scar, spoil

2 to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes

on Wild West Day some of the women came to the office done up as showgirls, while the men were mostly outlaws

Synonyms of do up

apparel, array, attire, bedeck, caparison, clothe, costume, deck (out), dress, dress up, enrobe, garb, garment, get up, gown, habit, invest, rig (out), robe, suit, tog (up or out), toilet, vesture

Words Related to do up

cloak, frock, jacket, mantle, vest

drape, enswathe, hap [dialect], huddle, swaddle, swathe, wrap

accoutre (or accouter), bedight [archaic], equip, furnish, habilitate, outfit, tailor, uniform

dress down, underdress

Near Antonyms of do up

denude, divest, uncover, undrape, unveil

Antonyms of do up

disarray, disrobe, strip, unclothe, undress, untruss [archaic]

3 to use up all the physical energy of

all of this fussing about the wedding has done me up

Synonyms of do up

break, burn out, bust, do in, drain, exhaust, fag, fatigue, frazzle, harass, kill, knock out, outwear, tire, tucker (out), wash out, wear, wear out, weary

Words Related to do up

debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, sap, waste, weaken

Phrases Synonymous with do up

wear to a frazzle

Near Antonyms of do up

activate, energize, invigorate, rejuvenate, strengthen, vitalize

relax, rest, unwind

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