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
Here's another opportunity to fancy up a box of cake mix.
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Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
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
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.
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Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Feb. 2024
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
The Toronto International Film Festival was also a font of high-end timepieces, with celebrities fancying up their wrists for the red carpet.
—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
13 Sep. 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 stone lantern adorned with deer in Osaka Garden on the grounds of the Museum of Science and Industry is from the exhibition, and just southeast of there one of the stone structures from the World's Fair is now a Chicago Park District restroom.
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Fans have also indulged in a more modern Scottish tradition, adorning statues in both cities with traffic cones.
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The player Dunleavy ended up picking was one of the most decorated in the nation.
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Jean-Micheal Gathy's interiors are decorated in pale sand, taupe, and gold tones, with marble floors and silken carpets.
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“Fancy up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancy%20up. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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