Antonyms of verb dress-up

1 of 5 senses of dress up

Sense 1
overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out -- (put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party")
       Antonym of dress down (Sense 2)
      => dress down, underdress -- (dress informally and casually; "On Fridays, employees can underdress")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dress-up

5 senses of dress up

Sense 1
overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out -- (put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party")
       => dress, get dressed -- (put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?")
          Phrasal Verb-> dress#1

Sense 2
dress up, window-dress -- (make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth")
       => fancify, beautify, embellish, prettify -- (make more beautiful)

Sense 3
caparison, bard, barde, dress up -- (put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion")
       => decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify -- (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day")

Sense 4
costume, dress up -- (dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins")
       => dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel -- (provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child")

Sense 5
dress, dress up -- (dress in a certain manner; "She dresses in the latest Paris fashion"; "he dressed up in a suit and tie")
       => dress, get dressed -- (put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?")

Antonyms of adj dressed-up

1 sense of dressed-up

Sense 1
dressed (predicate), dressed-up, dressed to the nines (predicate), dressed to kill (predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up, togged up -- (dressed in fancy or formal clothing)

INDIRECT (VIA clothed) -> unclothed -- (not wearing clothing)

Similarity of adj dressed-up

1 sense of dressed-up

Sense 1
dressed (predicate), dressed-up, dressed to the nines (predicate), dressed to kill (predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up, togged up -- (dressed in fancy or formal clothing)
       => clothed (vs. unclothed), clad -- (wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination; "clothed and in his right mind"- Bible; "proud of her well-clothed family"; "nurses clad in white"; "white-clad nurses")

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