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adjective

Definition of souped-upnext
as in showy

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verb

past tense of soup up
as in improved

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Recent Examples of souped-up
Adjective
This sleek toothbrush is souped-up with multiple brush settings, Bluetooth connectivity, and a carrying case for easy traveling. — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 9 Oct. 2024 Meanwhile, the Arts Club Dubai is a souped-up, supersize sibling to its namesake in Mayfair, stretched across 65,000 square feet in the financial district. — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2024 In fact, Levin suspects that cognition probably evolved as cells started to collaborate to carry out the incredibly difficult task of building complex organisms and then got souped-up into brains to allow animals to move and think faster. — Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for souped-up
  1. showy
  2. improved
  3. exuberant
  4. embellished
  5. flamboyant
  6. tricked
  7. grandiose
  8. enriched
Adjective
  • Technology is seamless rather than showy; lighting shifts subtly, blinds glide silently.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Florist mums are typically sold in pots in fall and are bursting with countless blooms in showy autumn shades.
    — Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of showy
Verb
  • Frequently cited pitfalls of AI, including accuracy issues, have significantly improved over earlier iterations of platforms such as Anthropic’s Claude or OpenAI.
    — S. Sorrina Beecher, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Several depleted parks have been rewilded; Africa’s first cross-border avitourism project, the Great Kavango Zambezi Birding Route, was recently launched; and connectivity improved—Shearzone Safari launched a charter service in Zambia in early 2026.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of improved
Adjective
  • Blomstedt was impressed with Bernstein's musicianship but disliked his exuberant podium mannerisms.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • His prose is noted for its rhetorical, exuberant style and use of satire.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of exuberant
Verb
  • Meanwhile, the tray, crafted from natural capiz shell and embellished with gold leaf fragments, is a signature MacKenzie-Childs piece, reimagined to echo Dibs’ hero innovation, the Status Stick Face-and-Body Highlighter.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Last week, Reyes launched a formal inquiry into whether federal officials—including Justice Department attorneys who owe professional duties as members of a bar—misled, obfuscated or embellished in their representations to the judge.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of embellished
Adjective
  • The play, about a prominent Black Chicago family headed by a civil rights icon with skeletons in his closet, has the scope, heft and flamboyant idiosyncrasy of the landmark American domestic dramas of the past.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Witty, bitter, flamboyant, and emotionally grounded, the dialogue swings, delightfully, between intimate exchanges and grandiloquent soliloquies, capturing the vulnerability of idealists in the face of evil.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of flamboyant
Verb
  • The woman did so willingly, and there is no allegation that she was forced or tricked.
    — Jim Defede, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026
  • But now, the technology has caught up and people are tricked.
    — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of tricked
Adjective
  • So many scents, so many moods, and each packaged in grandiose gold bottles.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 6 Nov. 2026
  • At the end of the day, and of his essay, Thiel’s grandiose language and project is shown to be a rather ordinary ideological one.
    — David Gibson, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of grandiose
Verb
  • Its minerals also show evidence of interaction with fluids enriched in oxygen-18, a heavier form of oxygen.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Case studies get enriched with interview recordings, sales decks are always personalized and highly relevant.
    — Tobias Fischer, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
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