The Collaborative International Dictionary
dressed-up \dressed-up\ adj. attired in fancy or formal clothing. [Narrower terms: dressed to kill(predicate)]
Syn: dressed to the nines(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up.
WordNet
adj. dressed in fancy or formal clothing [syn: dressed(p), dressed to the nines(p), dressed to kill(p), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up, togged up]
Usage examples of "dressed-up".
Consequently she was visited by a never-ending stream of perfectly dressed-up little kids who came up to her to pay homage, admire her dress, show her their owies, give her presents, have their shoes tied, display important baseball cards, and ask for directions back to their mommies.
It's just a dressed-up topical version of all those old swindles where a man has a machine that prints dollar bills or a formula for making diamonds.
There was an older, dressed-up crowd here, and although his blue poplin leisure suit was out of place, he had once picked up a forty-year-old widow from Cincinnati, and she had taken him up to her room.
I'm a fully trained scout pilot and not a dressed-up dummy for uniformed loudmouths to bark at.
His white tie and tails were again too big, emphasizing his Charlie Chaplin air of a dressed-up vagrant, despite his severe stiff saluting and the cheers and applause of beautiful women and important-looking men, all stretching their necks to stare worshipfully.