What does made-up mean?
Made-up means Invented or fabricated..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Invented or fabricated..
He told me a made-up version of the events, but I demanded the truth.
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.
The newly made-up front page had to be changed as the last-minute news arrived.
I was made-up when the local team won.
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.
Use made-up when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Made-up means Invented or fabricated..
Common synonyms include collective, fictitious, unreal, fabricated.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He told me a made-up version of the events, but I demanded the truth.
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