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
   • A man at the complex said he had seen the often heavily made-up girls coming and going in luxury vehicles.2021 February 6, The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, page 4, column 1
3. Arranged or put together.
   • The newly made-up front page had to be changed as the last-minute news arrived.
4. (UK, regional) Delighted, pleased, thrilled.
   • I was made-up when the local team won.
5. 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.1952 December, “Brighton Line Resignalling, Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 830