dolled up
Made yourself pretty
Dolled up means dressed or made up in an elaborate, glamorous way: She got all dolled up for the party.
The phrase suggests extra effort—fancy clothes, careful makeup, styled hair.
It can be approving or gently mocking, implying someone is more dressed up than usual or than the occasion requires: Why are you so dolled up? It's just dinner at home.
- decked outElaborately dressed or decorated
- tarted upAdorned showily, often cheaply
- spruced upMade more attractive
- primpedGroomed oneself vainly
- gussied upMade fancy or glamorous
Sunday best · putting on the ritz · glammed · dressed to kill · beautified · spiffed · looking sharp · groom · accessorized · glam up · embellished · attired · clad · pretty up · neaten · fancy · high heels · lipstick
- appearance idiomsdone up, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, easy on the eyes, pretty as a picture
- dressed updecked out, spruced up, gussied up, glammed up, prettied up
- ornateornate, elaborate, embellished, decorative, ornamental
- suited updressed, clothed, geared up, armored, uniformed
dolled updisheveled
Untidy in appearance
unkempt · dressed down · slovenly · frumpy · bedraggled
dolled updressed down
Reprimanded or wore casual
casual · underdressed · schlubby · comfy · relaxed
dolled upunadorned
Lacking decoration or ornament
plain · au naturel · natural · stripped down · unembellished
doll, dress up, dolls, adorned, adornment, dollhouse, dolled, dolling, dressed up