touched up
Fixed small flaws
Touched up is the past tense of touch up, meaning to make small improvements or corrections.
You touch up paint to cover scratches, touch up makeup before a photo, or touch up a document with minor edits.
The painter touched up a few spots before we moved in.
In photography, touched up means retouched—altered to remove blemishes or imperfections: The photos were heavily touched up.
- airbrushedEdited for artificial perfection
- photo editingAltering digital images
- editedAltered for improvement
- refinishedRestored surface treatment
- paint jobApplied color finish
corrected · restored · photoshopped · beauty filter · enhanced · fix · patched · paint · final coat · dab · mended · doctored · cover up · blemish · altered · quick fix · buffed · repaired
- alteredmodified, changed, altered, edited, revised
- dressed updressed up, dolled up, decked out, spruced up, gussied up
- renewedrenewed, refurbished, reconditioned, restored, rebuilt
touched upuntouched
Not contacted or affected
unaltered · unedited · unretouched · unmodified · unchanged
touched upnatural
Not artificially produced
authentic · unfiltered · genuine · real · unenhanced
touched upoverhauled
Thoroughly repaired or renovated
rebuilt · gutted · remade · reconstructed · done over
touch, touching, touched, touchy, contagious, touches, tactile, untouchable, touchable