made-up

See also: made up

English

Alternative forms

• made up

Adjective

made-up (comparative more made-up, superlative most made-up)

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

   • 2021 February 6, The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, page 4, column 1:

     A man at the complex said he had seen the often heavily made-up girls coming and going in luxury vehicles.

3. Arranged or put together.

   The newly made-up front page had to be changed as the last-minute news arrived.

4. (British, regional) Delighted, pleased, thrilled.

   I was made up when the local team won.

Related terms

• make up

Translations

invented, fabricated

• Catalan: inventat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 虛構的／虚构的 (xūgòu de), 虛假的／虚假的 (xūjiǎ de)

• Finnish: keksitty (fi)
• German: ausgedacht (de), erfunden (de), erlogen (de), erdichtet (de)
• Italian: inventato (it), falso (it) m
• Portuguese: fabricado (pt), inventado (pt)
• Spanish: fabricado (es), inventado (es)
• Swedish: påhittad (sv)
• Tagalog: nag-imbento
• Turkish: uydurma (tr), uydurmasyon (tr), uyduruk (tr)
• Ukrainian: ви́гаданий (výhadanyj), ви́думаний (výdumanyj)

changed by cosmetics

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: ehostettu (fi), meikattu (fi)
• Hebrew: מאופר (meupar)
• Italian: truccato (it) m
• Spanish: maquillado (es)
• Swedish: sminkad (sv)
• Tagalog: inayos

arranged or put together

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: tehty (fi), valmis (fi)
• Swedish: färdigställd (sv)
• Tagalog: inayos

Anagrams

• paumed, upmade