as in to adorn
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
had fancied up his van so much that it was virtually a palace on wheels
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Recent Examples of fancy up
Here's another opportunity to fancy up a box of cake mix.
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Patricia S York, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
The Toronto International Film Festival was also a font of high-end timepieces, with celebrities fancying up their wrists for the red carpet.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2025
The heightened vision of her in the supermarket, not quite lost but incongruously fancied up, hints at some of the more surreal moments ahead from Lin and cinematographer Zhang Jiahao.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
Patricia S York, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
The Toronto International Film Festival was also a font of high-end timepieces, with celebrities fancying up their wrists for the red carpet.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 13 Sep. 2025
The heightened vision of her in the supermarket, not quite lost but incongruously fancied up, hints at some of the more surreal moments ahead from Lin and cinematographer Zhang Jiahao.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fancy up
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Families flock to the Cape for mini-golfing, traipsing around sand dunes, comparing ice cream stands, gobbling up lobster rolls, spotting whales, and simply admiring the gray cedar shake houses adorned with colorful buoys.—
Kara Williams,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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For her first solo outing with granddaughter-in-law Meghan Markle in June 2018, the Queen chose a lime green suit dress by Stewart Parvin with a matching hat adorned with flowers.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
25 Apr. 2026
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Cakes big and small are the ideal stage for your wildest decorating dreams.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Apr. 2026
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Each of the suites are decorated with the same Mediterranean style and have private patios and balconies perfect for watching the sunset.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Fancy up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fancy%20up. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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