primped

past tense of primp
as in dressed
to try to make yourself more attractive by making small changes to your clothes, hair, etc., especially while looking at yourself in a mirror The teenagers spent hours primping in front of the mirror on the day of the prom.

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dressed
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  • Dallas dressed only eight players, including three hardship signings, for the sixth time this season — the league minimum required to compete.
    Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • As North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stepped off his armored green train in Beijing on Tuesday, greeted by Chinese officials shaking his hand and leading him down a red carpet, many observers noticed a young girl walking behind him, smiling politely, dressed in black with her hair tied in a bow.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Primped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/primped. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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