GUSSY UP Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

gussy up

verb

ˈgə-sē-ˈəp

as in to decorate

to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming gone are the days when the high school prom was held in the gym, which had been gussied up for the occasion

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Recent Examples of gussy up Kristin Keyes, interior designer in Nashville, Tennessee, is also a fan of drapery panels, particularly to highlight interior French doors and gussy up front doors. —

Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 13 May 2026 This is increasingly becoming a thing theaters are experimenting with, tapping into the latest TikTok trends to gussy up your pop. —

Brian Welk, IndieWire, 17 Apr. 2026 But why is Nvidia voluntarily forfeiting an accounting maneuver that helps companies gussy up their results? —

Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2026 Multiple, vastly different environments offer a choose-your-own adventure of a stay: Stumble out of bed late and hit the pool chairs for some sun and hair of the dog, or gussy up for craft cocktails and haute bites. —

Nathan Tavares, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Jan. 2026 Alongside letting fans treat Majima like a Ken doll by fashioning his outfits, hairstyles, makeup, and jewelry, the game allows players to customize and gussy up his sea vessel. —

Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025 This luxe velvet Jennifer Behr Velvet Bow Barrette is classic enough to pair with jeans and a white tee, but can easily gussy up a nap dress with a clip of its barrette (no behind-the-head, blind-tying necessary). —

Angela Trakoshis, Allure, 27 Sep. 2024 Our readers offered their hacks to gussy up a frozen pizza and tips to make it from scratch. —

Tejal Rao, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024 Took several payments of $350,000—to gussy up China’s image in the West. —

Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 14 July 2023

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References to nomads of the Kazakh steppe and local symbolism abound in the label, as seen in the heavy glass bottles recalling nomads’ flasks and decorated with handmade pendants in the form of old coins engraved with the emblem of each fragrance.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 9 June 2026
Inside are a series of smaller, more intimate rooms frescoed with Pompeian miniatures, and decorated with period furniture and family heirlooms.

— Ruchira Sharma, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026