Dressy

Definition: Dressy

Dressy

Adjective

1. (informal) in fancy clothing.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "dressy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1818. (references)

Crosswords: Dressy

Cotton stockings. Lana Turner inspecting the ankle-flattering bracelet design embroidered on dressy, fine point lisle cotton mesh hose. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

Buenos Aires, the "Paris of the South" is every bit as dressy and fashion conscious as Milan, Paris, New York or Hong Kong, although it tends to appreciate traditional formality rather than avant-garde experimentation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "dressy": a dressy gown. Additional references.

Albanian

zyrtare, serioze, që i pëlqen të vishet mirë, petk (array, attire, habiliment, habit). (various references)

Arabic 

‏متأنق (dandy, dressed up, elegant, overnice, smart, stylish, swell), ‏أنيق (bijou, chic, classy, coxcomb, dainty, dapper, dashing, dinky, elegant, exclusive, fine, gallant, genteel, good looking, gracious, jaunty, ladylike, mincing, natty, neat, nice, perky, personable, posh, presentable, rich, saucy, seemly, sharp, smart, smug, sophisticated, spick and span, sporting, sportsmanlike, sporty, spruce, stylish, suave, swagger, swell, tailor made, taut, tidy, tight, trim, well groomed). (various references)

Bulgarian 

шик (chic, classy, pansy, pert, posh, rakish, saucy, snazzy, swell, swish), който обича да се докарва, официален (ceremonial, dress, formal, official, solemn, state), натруфен (elaborate, gingerbread, luxurious, ornate, orotund, tacky, tawdry, twopence colored, twopence coloured), елегантен (classy, dashing, debonair, doggy, elegant, feat, fine, genteel, graceful, jimp, mod, nifty, plush, plushy, posh, rakish, saucy, sharp, silk stocking, smart, snappy, stylish, swell, swish, tasty). (various references)

Chinese 

爱装饰. (various references)

Czech

slavnostní (ceremonial, festive, formal, solemn), parádivý, módní (fancy, fashionable, modish, new-fashioned, prevalent, smart, stylish, swinging), elegantní (becoming, ciceronian, dapper, dashing, elegant, fashionable, full-fashioned, glamorous, glamourous, graceful, light-some, natty, neat, sleek, smart, snappy, sophisticated, Spruce, swanky, swell, trim). (various references)

French

qui fait habillé, habillé (dressed), chic (dressed up), élégant. (various references)

German

schick (chic, chick, elegant, fancy, modish, modishly, natty, peachiness, peachy, posh, smart, smartly, smartness, sophisticated, spiffy, style, stylish, tony, trendy). (various references)

Greek 

κομψόσ (bijou, chic, comely, dainty, dapper, debonair, elegant, fancy, fine, jaunty, natty, neat, nifty, posh, pretty, prim, quaint, rakish, smart, spark plug, sparkish, spiffy, stylish, trig, trim, well groomed), φιλάρεσκοσ (coquetish, coquette, coquettish, coxcomb, dandified). (various references)

Hungarian

választékosan öltözködő (courtly), sikkes (chic, posh, primp, smart, stylish, swish, upscale), mutatós (doggish, flash, flashly, flashy, have a good effect, showy, spectacular), jól öltöztető, jól öltözködni szerető, elegáns (cheesy, doggish, elegant, fashionable, flossy, graceful, light, natty, nifty, Nobby, posh, primp, sassy, saucy, smart, snappy, spicy, spiffing, spiffy, spruce, stylish, swell, swish, tacky, tricksy, upscale). (various references)

Indonesian

berpakaian bagus (dandify). (various references)

Italian

elegante (chic, courtly, Dandy, dapper, delicate, elegant, elegantly, fine, graceful, natty, nifty, plush, polite, posh, sleek, smart, snappy, stylish). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ドレス店 (a patient's call button in a hospital, Don, Don Juan, donkey, don't mind, don't-know group, draw, draw ball, drawer, drawing, drawn game, drawnwork, dress store, dresser, dressing, dressing paper, dressing room, dressmaker, drone, drop, drop goal, drop handle, drop-kick, dropout, dungarees, dwarf, game under lights, knife, knife ridge, knight, naive, nervous, Niagara, nice, nice guy, nice middle, nice shot, Nigeria, night, night cream, night game, night hospital, night latch, night show, night spot, night table, nightcap, nightclub, nightdress, nightgown, nightingale, nightmare, nightwear, Nike Hercules, Nile, Nile green, nurse, nurse bank, nurse call, nurse station, nursery, nursery tale, nylon latch, sunday, the firing of guns). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ドレッシー . (various references)

Manx

jesheenagh (cosmetic, decorative, ornamental, ornate, set off, showy), fashanagh (chic, stylish, swell, tony). (various references)

Pig Latin

essydray

Portuguese

vistoso (brave, clipping, faked, flaring, flash, flashy, gallant, garish, goodly, noisy, off-key, showy, spicy, theatrical, viewy), fino (braw, choice, dainty, delicate, exquisite, gallant, gaunt, genteel, gentlemanly, gossamer, keen, knowing, lean, nice, nobby, out-and-out, posh, refined, select, sharp, sheer, sleazy, slender, slim, smart, stylish, subtil, subtile, subtle, tactful, tasteful, tenuous, thin, well-bred, well-made, wispy). (various references)

Romanian

elegant (daintily, dainty, Dandy, dashing, elegant, fashionable, gallant, genteel, gentle, graceful, gracefully, jaunty, polite, smart, smartly, smug, spicy, stylish, swell, tasty, well-dressed), şic (chic, smart, smartness, style, stylish, stylishness, tasty). (various references)

Russian 

изящный (airy, dainty, delicate, dinky, distingue, elegant, fine, jimp, neat, nice, nifty, nobby, polite, refined, slim, slinky). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

svečan (declamatory, festal, festive, formal, gala, grave, serious, solemn, state, stately), elegantan (classy, elegant, fancy, gracious, smart, snappy, swank). (various references)

Spanish

maravilloso (amazing, blissful, Dandy, delighted, delightsome, divine, dreamy, engaging, gorgeous, heavenly, knockout, lead, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, rare, stunning, well done, whimsical, wonderful, wondrous), elegante (bijou, chic, courtly, dainty, debonair, elegant, fashionable, Flossy, fragrant, genteel, graceful, handsome, ladylike, natty, neat, nifty, Nobby, posh, rakish, refined, silk stocking, smart, snazzy, sporty, stylish, trim). (various references)

Swedish

stiligt klädd, stilig (classy, elegant, fine, good, good looking, good-looking, sharp, stylish), elegant (chic, courtly, dasher, elegant, fashionable, fine, graceful, handsomely, posh, refined, sleek, smart). (various references)

Turkish

zarif (canny, classy, clever, courtly, dainty, Dandy, dandyish, dinky, elegant, go-go, graceful, gracious, natty, neat, pretty, pulchritudinous, recherche, sharp, stylish, sylphish, sylphlike, sylphy), gösterişli (artsy, Arty, arty-crafty, baronial, bombastic, chichi, dashing, declamatory, flamboyant, flash, flashily, flashy, flatulent, Flossy, garish, gingerbread, glossy, meretricious, Nobby, ostentatious, polished, posh, showy, sleek, smart, spectacular, splendent, sporty, swanky, swish, thoroughbred, viewy), şık (alternative, chic, choice, classy, dandyish, dapper, dashing, doggy, elegant, fashionable, flash, go-go, in the ton, jaunty, mod, nifty, posh, rakish, saucy, sharp, sleek, smart, smooth, smug, snappy, snazzy, spicy, spiffing, spiffy, sporty, streamlined, stylish, swagger, swanky, swell, swish, thoroughbred, tidy, tonish, trig, up-market). (various references)

Ukrainian

розкішний (baronial, beautiful, belgravian, bonzer, costly, exuberant, glittering, large, lordly, luxurious, palatial, ritzy, splendid, sumptuous, swank, upholstered, voluptuous), модний (cheesy, chic, fancy, fashionable, in wear, modish, nifty, passant, snappy, spiffing, stylish, swellish). (various references)

Misspellings

"Dressy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: darsy, ddress, Demszky, dersu, dessay, Dessi, Dessy, drecky, dresse, drosey, drosy, drs, duesy, Idress, Idrissi, Ormesbsy. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dress, dyers.

-2 letters: deys, drys, dyer, dyes, reds, ryes, sers.

-3 letters: dey, dry, dye, eds, ers, ess, red, res, rye, ser, yes.

-4 letters: de, ed, er, es, re, ye.

+1 letter: dryness.

+2 letters: dasyures, destroys, dressily, hydrases.

+3 letters: assuredly, birdseyes, dialysers, drynesses, hydropses, mydriases, skydivers, syndromes, synergids.

+4 letters: assertedly, bystanders, clepsydras, desirously, destroyers, disobeyers, dispensary, doomsayers, drysalters, hydrolases, hydrolyses, hydropsies, hydroseres, mistrysted, radiolyses, redisplays, sardonyxes, steelyards, wordlessly, yesterdays.

+5 letters: bodysurfers, caryopsides, chrysalides, corydalises, discourtesy, dispersedly, dissymmetry, doomsdayers, dreamlessly, dysenteries, dystrophies, hydrospaces, professedly, pyranosides, syncretised, waywardness, yardmasters.

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