English

Verb

dress up ‎(third-person singular simple present dresses up, present participle dressing up, simple past and past participle dressed up)

1. (intransitive) To wear fancy dress.

   Everyone dressed up for the graduation ball.

   I want a job where I don't have to dress up.

2. (intransitive) To wear a costume.

   We're having a party on Saturday, but you must dress up as a famous historical figure.

3. (transitive) To decorate; to prettify.
4. (transitive) To present in a favorable light.

Synonyms

• (present in a favorable light): spin

Antonyms

• dress down

Derived terms

• dressed up

Translations