doll up | Definition of doll up

Synonyms and Antonyms of doll up

1 to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming

if you were to doll up those Shaker-style rooms, you'd ruin their simple elegance

Synonyms of doll up

adorn, array, beautify, bedeck, bedizen, blazon, caparison, deck, decorate, do, do up, drape, dress, embellish, emblaze, emboss, enrich, fancify, fancy up, festoon, garnish, glitz (up), grace, gussy up, ornament, pretty (up), trim

Words Related to doll up

accessorize, dress up, trap, trick (out)

brighten, freshen, smarten, spruce (up)

braid, embroider, feather, figure, filigree, fillet, flounce, frill, fringe, furbelow, garland, hang, lace, ribbon, swag, wreathe

appliqué, gild, paint

diamond, gem, impearl, jewel, pearl

redecorate, redo

Near Antonyms of doll up

simplify, streamline

bare, denude, dismantle, display, divest, expose, reveal, strip, uncover

Antonyms of doll up

blemish, deface, disfigure, mar, scar, spoil

2 to put on one's best or formal clothes

got all dolled up for the party

Synonyms of doll up

dress, dress up

Words Related to doll up

preen, primp, prink, smarten (up)

apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bedizen, caparison, clothe, costume, deck, dude (up), garb, garment, invest, rig (out), robe, suit, tog (out or up)