Usage of "dressed-up"

Dressed in fancy or formal clothing.

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Uso de dressed-up em inglês

The Last Dance: Is the Michael Jordan documentary a dressed-up puff piece? 
 The Guardian 

However, CFOs now see investment as a dressed-up word for cost. 
 The Irish Times 

Among these and the others were dressed-up children with oiled hair. 
 The Awakening / (The Resurrection) 

He seemed to know all about these dressed-up, chattering female traitors. 
 Transgression: a novel of love and war 

The populace followed at some distance, gazing with reverence on these dressed-up fools. 
 Look Back on Happiness 

Aunt Maria, to Maria's mind, was very much dressed-up that evening. 
 By the Light of the Soul: A Novel 

That's why us kids don't like you, you're such a silly, dressed-up doll. 
 Lydia of the Pines 

Highlight: This dressed-up, performance oriented workhorse is equipped with a standard 6-speed manual transmission. 
 Ebony 

Only lately have we come to see disruption as a dressed-up version of scab-ism. 
 Wired 

Is the latest breach-of-contract claim a dressed-up rehash of an unsuccessful copyright infringement lawsuit? 
 Reuters 

Couldn't remember her ever asking for one or playing with even a dressed-up corncob. 
 The well and the mine 

Unions and investors have often complained they are little more than dressed-up retention payments. 
 Reuters 

By half-past nine dressed-up children were flitting along the side streets hurrying their seniors. 
 The Court of Boyville 

I wish there were fewer of these dressed-up old ballet masters promenading our streets. 
 Emile 

Those two Vinck girls are no better than dressed-up monkeys. 
 Almayer's Folly: A Story of an Eastern River 

The Beechams were not surprised at Nico's dressed-up daintiness when she called for them. 
 Across the Fruited Plain 

Significados de dressed-up em inglês