dressed /drest/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ dress , ↑ dresser , ↑ dressing ; adjective : ↑ dressed ≠ ↑ undressed , ↑ dressy ; verb : ↑ dress ≠ ↑ undress ]
1 . get dressed to put your clothes on:
Go and get dressed!
2 . having your clothes on or wearing a particular type of clothes:
Aren’t you dressed yet?
half/fully dressed
She lay down fully dressed on the bed.
smartly/well-/elegantly etc dressed
a very well-dressed young man
dressed in
She was dressed in a two-piece suit.
dressed as
The children came dressed as animals.
3 . dressed to kill informal wearing very attractive clothes so that everyone notices and admires you
4 . dressed (up) to the nines informal wearing your best or most formal clothes
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COLLOCATIONS (for Meaning 2)
■ adverbs
▪ well-dressed (=wearing nice clothes of good quality)
The restaurant was full of well-dressed couples.
▪ smartly/elegantly/beautifully/neatly etc dressed
There was a smartly dressed man with a briefcase at the door.
▪ fully dressed (=with all your clothes on)
She was so tired that she went to bed fully dressed.
▪ half dressed (=not having finished putting your clothes on)
Don’t come in – I’m only half dressed!
▪ fashionably dressed (=wearing clothes that are fashionable)
Most teenagers want to be fashionably dressed.
▪ immaculately/impeccably dressed (=perfectly dressed in smart clothes)
He was immaculately dressed in a grey suit and a blue tie.
▪ casually dressed (=wearing informal clothes)
Luke was casually dressed in jeans and a white shirt.
▪ properly/suitably dressed (=wearing suitable clothes for something)
It’s important to be properly dressed if you are walking in the mountains.
▪ badly dressed (=not well dressed)
The Prime Minister’s been criticized for being badly dressed.
▪ shabbily/scruffily dressed (=wearing clothes that are old and untidy)
A dirty, shabbily dressed man was sitting on the bench.