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well dressed collapse

ladylike collapse: befitting a woman of good breeding; "ladylike manners"

soap opera collapse: a serialized program usually dealing with sentimentalized family matters that is broadcast on radio or television (frequently sponsored by a company advertising soap products)

classy collapse: elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac"- Julia Child

snazzy collapse: flashily stylish; "a snazzy outfit"

happening collapse: an event that happens; taking place; "the parade is still happening"

pageant collapse: an elaborate representation of scenes from history etc; usually involves a parade with rich costumes; a rich and spectacular ceremony

soigne collapse: polished and well-groomed; showing sophisticated elegance

curtain raiser collapse: any preliminary activity; a short play presented before the main play

recherche collapse

dialogue collapse: a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people; "he has read Plato's Dialogues in the original Greek"; the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction; a conversation between two persons

patrician collapse: a person of refined upbringing and manners; of the hereditary aristocracy or ruling class of ancient Rome or medieval Europe; of honorary nobility in the Byzantine empire

sarcasm collapse: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

morality collapse: concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct

squib collapse: firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise

difficulties collapse

plebeian collapse: one of the common people; of the common people of ancient Rome; "a plebeian magistrate"

choreography collapse: a notation used by choreographers; the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes

spectacle collapse: a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself; an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale; something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight); "the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape"

ritzy collapse: luxuriously elegant

knightly collapse

masque collapse

comedian collapse: a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts; an actor in a comedy

swanky collapse

chivalrous collapse: being attentive to women like an ideal knight

irony collapse: incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs; "the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated"; a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs

tableau collapse: any dramatic scene; a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)

nobby collapse

psychodrama collapse

posh collapse

drama collapse: the quality of being arresting or highly emotional; the literary genre of works intended for the theater; an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

lowly collapse

seemly collapse

spiffy collapse

spruce collapse: any coniferous tree of the genus Picea; light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork

hardship collapse: something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life"

comic collapse: of or relating to or characteristic of comedy; "comic hero"

chic collapse: elegance by virtue of being fashionable; elegant and stylish; "chic elegance"; "a smart new dress"; "a suit of voguish cut"

jaunty collapse

soap collapse: a cleansing agent made from the salts of vegetable or animal fats; street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate; money offered as a bribe; rub soap all over, usually with the purpose of cleaning

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