as in to adorn
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
had fancied up his van so much that it was virtually a palace on wheels
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Recent Examples of fancy up
The Toronto International Film Festival was also a font of high-end timepieces, with celebrities fancying up their wrists for the red carpet.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2025
Leave it to the Barefoot Contessa to fancy up even the most basic of recipes.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
The heightened vision of her in the supermarket, not quite lost but incongruously fancied up, hints at some of the more surreal moments ahead from Lin and cinematographer Zhang Jiahao.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2025
Leave it to the Barefoot Contessa to fancy up even the most basic of recipes.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
The heightened vision of her in the supermarket, not quite lost but incongruously fancied up, hints at some of the more surreal moments ahead from Lin and cinematographer Zhang Jiahao.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fancy up
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The egg itself sits on a rock-crystal base, which is shaped like a block of melting ice and adorned with even more diamonds and platinum.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
3 Oct. 2025
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Stretching to the pointed edge of the property is a 62-foot-long rectangular infinity pool adorned with mosaic tiles in swirling shapes that mimic the greenish glow of bioluminescence.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
3 Oct. 2025
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The brand unveiled its capsule with ready-to-wear talent Alessandro Enriquez, and the designer’s poppy prints decorated the entire showroom, from the walls to the furniture to the shoe boxes.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Sky News Australia has canceled a show, designed to platform controversial debate, after a guest voiced anti-Islam views while wearing a shirt decorated with bacon.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Fancy up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancy%20up. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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