as in elegant
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as in decorated
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
if you were to doll up those Shaker-style rooms, you'd ruin their simple elegance
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2
as in dressed
to put on one's best or formal clothes
got all dolled up for the party
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dolled up
Adjective
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Old Midleton Distillery, with its elegant stone facade, was originally a woolen mill in the late 18th century.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025 -
This elegant tiered fountain, just minutes off U.S. Highway 17, draws visitors year-round with its photogenic charm and quiet appeal.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
24 May 2025
Verb
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The latest continues the super-clean and minimalist design but in a stone blue dial decorated in guilloché and a Grain d’Orge (barley grain) motif.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
30 Mar. 2025
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Many were richly decorated with coral and colored glass.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Ramsay is a filmmaker of undeniable formal wizardry and a fearless explorer of psychological rupture.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 May 2025
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Robinhood submitted a formal 42-page proposal to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requesting the creation of a federal regulatory framework for the issuance and trading of tokenized RWAs.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
Verb
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Enter the front door into the living room adorned by a wood-burning fireplace and tall ceilings.—
Karen A. Avitabile,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025
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The restaurant’s interior is striking, with luminous jellyfish decorations and a hallway adorned with what appears to be a vast, stylized fish skeleton.—
Coke Bartrina,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The velvet bow felt more formal than those smaller-scale ribbons, partially due to her half-up hairstyle and the dressy white jacket and layered pearl necklaces.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
9 May 2025
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Consider the shoes Photo: Getty Images A dressy beach shoe is certainly a tricky sartorial challenge, given you will likely be walking on sandy terrain.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Another is draped in what appears to be a long, black, crushed-vinyl overcoat.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2025
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Boxwood is covered in burlap and snow fence is draped around trees and shrubs to prevent deer from devouring them.—
Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Kristian Thacker,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Much like you would with a slice of cake, try your doughnut a la mode!—
Gerry Frank | For The Oregonian/OregonLive,
oregonlive,
5 Sep. 2020
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Dessert is a choice of cherry doughnut bread a la mode or chocolate lover’s cheesecake.—
Susan Selasky,
Detroit Free Press,
9 Feb. 2023
Adjective
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Is this a once-in-a-decade chance for Notre Dame to be in natty, or is this the start of a return back to the upper echelons of college football for the Irish (assuming Marcus Freeman stays)?—
Stewart Mandel,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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Obviously, nobody has any inkling of what’s about to go down in Columbus five days after Ferro makes her natty selection.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
6 Dec. 2024
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“Dolled up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dolled%20up. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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