make-up

Speech parts

1. make-up - Noun

2. make-up - Adjective

3. make-up - Verb

Meaning

The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

make up

Synonyms

constitution make represent correct composition manufacture settle constitute compensate comprise reconcile invent counterbalance fabricate makeup

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Antonyms

mar cleave allow blight quintessence damage

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Hypernyms

concord design event property hold hatch

Hyponyms

kohl rouge form make present range

Examples

I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the make-up made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked onto the stage he was fully born. Charlie Chaplin

Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up. Bette Davis

I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box. Bette Davis

I think dress, hairstyle and make-up are the crucial factors in projecting an attractive persona and give one the chance to enhance one's best physical features. Vivienne Westwood

I lay in my dressing room after being in make-up waiting to go on. They knew I was feeling pretty rotten and they tried to give me time to rest. But I couldn't sleep. I couldn't do anything. Dick York

Chicken are beautiful because of their feathers, women are beautiful because of their make-up. Thai Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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