Dictionary

made-up en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. Invented or fabricated.
   • He told me a made-up version of the events, but I demanded the truth.
2. Changed by the application of cosmetics; wearing make-up.
   • a freshly made-up clown
   • A man at the complex said he had seen the often heavily made-up girls coming and going in luxury vehicles. 2021 February 6, The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, page 4, column 1:
3. Arranged or put together.
   • The newly made-up front page had to be changed as the last-minute news arrived.
4. (UK, regional) Delighted, pleased, thrilled.
   • I was made-up when the local team won.
5. Built up (to a higher level).
   • All three structures were sited on made-up ground, to depths up to about 20 ft., which had been deposited to form the railway embankments. 1952 December, “Brighton Line Resignalling, Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 830:

Forms

Deriveds

made-upness

Relateds

make up

Translations (39)

tl inayos (changed by cosmetics) · uk ви́гаданий (invented, fabricated) · he מאופר (changed by cosmetics) · sv sminkad (changed by cosmetics) · fi meikattu (changed by cosmetics) · pt inventado (invented, fabricated) · sv påhittad (invented, fabricated) · tr uydurma (invented, fabricated) · tr uydurmasyon (invented, fabricated) · es fabricado (invented, fabricated) · de erfunden (invented, fabricated) · tl inayos (arranged or put together) · fi ehostettu (changed by cosmetics) · uk ви́думаний (invented, fabricated) · fi tehty (arranged or put together) · ar مُخْتَلَق (invented, fabricated) · it falso (invented, fabricated) · hi कल्पित (invented, fabricated) · pt fabricado (invented, fabricated) · cs vymyšlený (invented, fabricated) · it truccato (changed by cosmetics) · es maquillado (changed by cosmetics) · de erlogen (invented, fabricated) · fi valmis (arranged or put together) · cmn 虛假的 /虚假的 (invented, fabricated) · fi keksitty (invented, fabricated) · cs smyšlený (invented, fabricated) · ca inventat (invented, fabricated) · tl nag-imbento (invented, fabricated) · de erdichtet (invented, fabricated) · it inventato (invented, fabricated) · de ausgedacht (invented, fabricated) · cmn 虛構的 /虚构的 (invented, fabricated) · ota ساخته (arranged or put together) · sv färdigställd (arranged or put together) · mk измислен (invented, fabricated) · tr uyduruk (invented, fabricated) · es inventado (invented, fabricated) · hi मनगढ़ंत (invented, fabricated)