| Main Entry: | brighten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make shine or glow |
Synonyms: |
buff up, burnish, clear up, enliven, gleam, grow sunny, illuminate, illumine, intensify, kindle, light up, lighten, polish, punch up, spiff up |
Antonyms: |
darken, deepen, dull, fade |
| Main Entry: | dress up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put on one's best clothes |
Synonyms: |
array, attire, beautify, clothe, deck out, embellish, fit out, fix up, gussy up, improve, overdress, preen, prettify, primp, prink, slick, smarten, spiff up, spruce up, titivate |
Antonyms: |
dress casually, dress down |
| Main Entry: | embellish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make beautiful; decorate |
Synonyms: |
add bells and whistles, adorn, amplify, array, beautify, bedeck, color, deck, dress up, elaborate, emblaze, embroider, enhance, enrich, exaggerate, festoon, fix up, fudge, garnish, gild, give details, grace, gussy up, magnify, ornament, overstate, spiff up, spruce up, trim |
Antonyms: |
deface, disfigure, mar, simplify, spoil, uglify |
| Main Entry: | garnish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embellish, improve |
Synonyms: |
adorn, beautify, bedeck, deck, decorate, dress up, enhance, fix up, grace, gussy up, ornament, set off, spiff up, spruce up, trim |
Antonyms: |
decrease, divest, harm, hurt, leave plain, strip |
| Main Entry: | groom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make ready, prepare physically |
Synonyms: |
brush, clean, coach, comb, curry, dress, drill, educate, lick into shape, make attractive, make presentable, nurture, preen, prep, pretty up, prim, prime, primp, put through grind, put through mill, ready, refine, refresh, rub down, shape up, sleek, slick up, smarten up, spiff up, spruce up, tend, tidy, train, turn out |
Antonyms: |
forget, ignore |
| Main Entry: | dressed to the nines |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dressed in fancy clothing |
Synonyms: |
dolled up, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, dressed to the teeth, dressed-up, gussied up, in full dress, in full feather, soignée, spiffed up, spruced up, well-dressed |