Made-up ( adjective , verb )

(As an adjective)

Made-up ( adjective )

  1. Constructed, fabricated or created artificially.
  2. Fictitiously invented or imagined.

Origin:

Compound of made and up.

Examples:

  1. The made-up story was hard to believe.
  2. She had a made-up excuse for not going to the meeting.
  3. The made-up character in the book was very interesting.
  4. He had a made-up name and a made-up job.
  5. The made-up world was very different from the real one.

(As a verb)

Made-up ( verb )

  1. Constructed, fabricated or created artificially.
  2. Fictitiously invented or imagined.

Origin:

Compound of made and up.

Examples:

  1. The made-up story was hard to believe.
  2. She had a made-up excuse for not going to the meeting.
  3. The made-up character in the book was very interesting.
  4. He had a made-up name and a made-up job.
  5. The made-up world was very different from the real one.
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