FANCYING UP Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

fancying up

verb

present participle of fancy up

as in decorating

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 fancying up 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

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Decoration Day was first observed as a national holiday, honoring those who had died in military service during the Civil War, often by decorating their graves with flowers.

— USA Today, USA Today, 13 May 2026
In 1953, Angel’s brother Juan opened a burger-and-ice cream stand called the Snow Cap Drive-In, using recycled lumber and decorating every surface with bright colors and jokes.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026