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sexy up

sexy up verb: to make more sexually attractive.

Verb

sexy up (third-person singular simple present sexies up, present participle sexying up, simple past and past participle sexied up)

  1. (slang, transitive) To make more sexually attractive.
    • She'd come to a party all sexied up and really move it around and drink wine and flirt until midnight came and then she'd lay her scene on whomever was trying to get into her pants[…]1995 [1963], Richard Brautigan, Revenge of the Lawn; The Abortion; and So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away, page 139
    Synonyms:
    sex up
  2. (broadly, slang, transitive) To otherwise enhance the appearance or appeal of.
    • Back at the remedial Lab, Pacey our neglectful god has skipped this lesson and he decides to scoop up a pretty-looking snail and toss it in the tank to sexy up the atmosphere.1999, Kathë Tibbs, Biff L. Peterson, They Don't Wanna Wait: The Stars of Dawson's Creek, ECW Press, page 127

Synonyms of sexy up

Forms of sexy up

third-person singular presentsexies up
present participlesexying up
past participlesexied up
pastsexied up

Questions about sexy up

What does sexy up mean?
Sexy up means to make more sexually attractive.
What part of speech is sexy up?
Sexy up is a verb.
What is the past tense of sexy up?
The past tense of sexy up is sexied up.

Words near sexy up in the dictionary

  1. sexy primes
  2. sexy shrimp
  3. sexy son hypothesis
  4. sexy time
  5. sexy times
  6. sexy up
  7. sexy-like
  8. sexyer
  9. sexying up
  10. sexyman
  11. sexymen

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