tarted up
tarted up is the simple past and past participle of tart up.
Meaning of tart up
Verb
tart up (third-person singular simple present tarts up, present participle tarting up, simple past and past participle tarted up)
- To dress so as to be more sexually attractive, especially with make-up and revealing clothing.
- Synonyms:
- hussy up, hussy it up, slut up, slut it up
- To dress garishly.
- Synonyms:
- jazz up
- To modify or repackage a product, service, or idea to make it more attractive or easier to sell.
- They tarted up their business plan.
- Synonyms:
- zhoosh, zhoosh up
Questions about tarted up
- What is tarted up the simple past and past participle of?
- Tarted up is the simple past and past participle of tart up.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tarted up (page history and authors); tart up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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