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made-up
[ meyd-uhp ]
adjective
- concocted; falsely fabricated or invented:
a made-up story.
- being in makeup; wearing facial cosmetics.
- put together; finished.
made-up
adjective
- invented; fictional
a made-up story
- wearing make-up
a well made-up woman
- put together; assembled
- (of a road) surfaced with asphalt, concrete, etc
Word History and Origins
Origin of made-up1
Example Sentences
“This all could be alcoholic made-up stories. But in prison she wasn’t drinking. It was very consistent, and it never changed…. She was very mad that she got caught. She hated to lose.”
"We look for confidence in our achievements, our appearance, our accomplishments," intoned the perfectly coiffed and made-up Angela Halili on a recent episode of the "Girls Gone Bible" podcast.
At times, they sang in what they called “a made-up language.”
"The scenes are imaginary, the conversations are fake, the dialogue is made-up, and once again, just like his other books falsely attacking President Trump, nobody believes any of it," they wrote.
One of the most generous and kind leaders I met in the 1980s was a union leader in Chicago, and he would always say, “You really can’t beat a made-up mind.”
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