made-up

adj 5

Collocations

ADJ.

digital, old, real, socioeconomic

VERB + MADE-UP

base, told

MADE-UP + NOUN

clown, controversy, creature, girls, money, ones, problem, stories

PREP.

about, from, on, with

ADV.

freshly, heavily, often, only

adj

Invented or fabricated.

He told me a made-up version of the events, but I demanded the truth.

Changed by the application of cosmetics; wearing make-up.

a freshly made-up clown

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

Arranged or put together.

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

Delighted, pleased, thrilled.

I was made-up when the local team won.

Built up (to a higher level).

All three structures were sited on made-up ground, to depths up to about 20 ft., which had been deposited to form the railway embankments.

He told me a made-up version of the events, but I demanded the truth.

Wiktionary

a freshly made-up clown

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

The current socioeconomic system is made-up.

Tatoeba · #2010089

That's a made-up problem that only affects lazy rich people.

Tatoeba · #5308107

"What does that word mean?" "Oh, it doesn't mean anything. It's just a made-up word that's supposed to sound like French."

Tatoeba · #6479303

i Register

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