doing up Antonyms
Strongest:
- marring
- spoiling
- disfiguring
- uncovering
- revealing
- exposing
- streamlining
- displaying
- defacing
- scarring
- simplifying
- dismantling
- stripping
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- tricking-out-
- fancying-up
- prettying-up-
- caparisoning
- painting
- bedecking
- embellishing
- embossing
- gracing
- blazoning
- dressing-up
- trimming
- ornamenting
- glitzing-up-
- enriching
- festooning
- sprucing-up-
- bedizening
- emblazing
- dressing
- doing
- beautifying
- arraying
- garnishing
- fancifying
- decking
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Meaning of doing up
doing up
to prepare so as to preserve for later use can entry 2, put up, to deck (someone) out, to prepare (something) for wear or use (as by cleaning or repairing), to furnish (something) with something ornamental, to wrap (something) up, fasten, exhaust, wear out
doing up Sentence Examples
- She spent hours doing up her hair for the special occasion.
- The old house needed a lot of doing up before it could be habitable.
- The decorator was doing up the bedroom in a cozy and modern style.
- The children loved helping their mother do up presents for their friends.
- The bride's veil was beautifully adorned, with intricate lace doing up the edges.
- The tailor was expertly doing up the hem of the dress.
- The mechanics were doing up the car engine after it had broken down.
- The team was doing up the campsite, pitching tents and collecting firewood.
- The carpenter was carefully doing up the joints in the wooden frame.
- The artist was meticulously doing up the background of the painting with soft, muted tones.
FAQs About the word doing up
to prepare so as to preserve for later use can entry 2, put up, to deck (someone) out, to prepare (something) for wear or use (as by cleaning or repairing), to
dolling up, adorning, draping,decorating, gussying up, tricking (out), fancying up,prettying (up), caparisoning, painting
marring, spoiling, disfiguring, uncovering, revealing, exposing, streamlining, displaying, defacing, scarring
She spent hours doing up her hair for the special occasion.
The old house needed a lot of doing up before it could be habitable.
The decorator was doing up the bedroom in a cozy and modern style.
The children loved helping their mother do up presents for their friends.
