SPIFFED-UP Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

spiffed-up

adjective

as in elegant

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Adjective

The iconic Fifth Avenue landmark has been turned into luxury apartments—one of which has been given a local’s elegant touch.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2026
Al Mubarak was an elegant, articulate embodiment of a project many saw as an extension of Abu Dhabi soft power as much as a sheikh’s personal investment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of elegant

Adjective

His lead trial attorney, Edward Bilinkas, a dapper New Jersey man then nearing seventy, had the courtroom delivery of a schoolteacher trying to hush nonsense at the back of the class by raising his own voice.

— Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
At which point Hansen would make his entrance, dressed in a dapper tan suit and holding a clipboard.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of dapper

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The president may reveal Clayton's appointment as soon as Friday, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity before a formal announcement.

— Jeff Masonand Michael Shepard Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
The very fact that this has now been given a formal college inside the PLA’s Army Engineering University is telling, however.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of formal

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The result is something that looks dressy with minimal effort but feels like your favorite pair of yoga pants.

— Annie Blackman, InStyle, 29 Sep. 2026
The kind of easy basic that go with (nearly) everything in your closet, your green chinos and cargo pants can be casual or dressy with the right top.

— Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of dressy

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The shoe choice is also in character for Parker, whose real-life wardrobe has long been closely associated with stylish and luxury footwear.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
These exist in both the structures of her music and the fantastical world building achieved through presenting herself as a stylish equine named Stella Stallion that exists in a natural wonderland world that’s like if Lisa Frank met Planet Earth.

— Katie Bain, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of stylish

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