Synonyms of fancying up

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decorating
• adorning
• doing up
• dolling up
• prettying (up)
• draping
• gussying up
• glitzing (up)
• trimming
• enriching
• ornamenting
• dressing
• tricking (out)
• decking
• embossing
• beautifying
• gracing
• embellishing
• painting
• garnishing
• fancifying
• dressing up
• emblazing
• bedizening
• caparisoning
• blazoning
• festooning
• sprucing (up)
• arraying
• bedecking
• doing
• trapping
• brightening
• embroidering
• accessorizing
• freshening
• chasing
• smartening
• hanging
• figuring
• swagging
• frilling
• feathering
• braiding
• fringing
• filigreeing
• filleting
• furbelowing
• bossing
• gilding
• garlanding
• flouncing
• ribboning
• diamonding
• redoing
• wreathing
• jeweling
• impearling
• redecorating
• lacing
• appliquéing
• pearling
• gemming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spoiling
• simplifying
• disfiguring
• streamlining
• scarring
• defacing
• displaying
• revealing
• marring
• stripping
• exposing
• dismantling
• uncovering
• baring
• blemishing
• denuding
• divesting
• uglifying

Example Sentences

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