Synonyms of gussying up

gussying up

verb

present participle of gussy up

as in decorating

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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