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  • 81rag out — Synonyms and related words: apparel, array, attire, bedeck, bedizen, bedrape, bundle up, clothe, deck, deck out, dight, dizen, doll up, drape, dress, dress up, dud, enclothe, endue, enrobe, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, fancy up, fig out, garb,… …

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  • 82smug — Synonyms and related words: Quakerish, Victorian, bland, bovine, braw, buttery, censorious, chic, classy, clothes conscious, complacent, conceited, consequential, cosmopolitan, dapper, dashing, deck out, demure, disarming, doll up, dress up,… …

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  • 83spruce — Synonyms and related words: anal, bandbox, bowdlerized, braw, chic, classy, clean up, cleaned, cleaned up, cleansed, clothes conscious, cosmopolitan, dapper, dashing, dinky, doggy, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, dressed up, elegant, en… …

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  • 84groom — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bridegroom, benedict. See marriage, servant. v. dress, tend, polish, curry; coach, train. See domestication, cleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A male servant] Syn. hostler, stable boy, equerry; see… …

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  • 85ornament — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Anything that beautifies Nouns 1. ornament, ornamentation, ornateness; adornment, decoration, embellishment, dressing, décor. 2. garnish, polish, varnish, gilding, lacquer, enamel; cosmetics (see… …

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  • 86ostentation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Pretentious display Nouns 1. ostentation, ostentatiousness, display, show, flourish, parade; pomp, array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, glitter, strut; bombast, pomposity (see boasting); tinsel,… …

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  • 87beautify — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make beautiful] Syn. adorn, embellish, enhance, ornament; see decorate . 2. [To improve the grounds] Syn. landscape, plant, garden; see improve 1 . See Synonym Study at decorate . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. dress up …

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  • 88doll up — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dress up, put on one s best clothes, primp, deck out; see dress up . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb Slang. To dress in formal or special clothing: array, attire, deck2 (out), dress up, prank2. Informal: trick out (or up).… …

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  • 89dress up — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. primp, dress for dinner, deck out, spruce up, doll up*, spiff up*, dude up*, fix up, trick out, trick up*, gussy up*, put on the dog*; see also dress 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To dress in formal or special… …

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  • 90spruce up — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. clean up, neaten up, groom, *fix up, *doll up, *spit and polish, *gussy up, primp …

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