Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dressed to kill

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.34 in modern English

Syllables: dressed -to kill
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Dressed in a very fashionable style.

Example Sentences

"She's a scented magazine/Looking sharp and living clean/Living well and dressed to kill/But she looks like hell to me"
"During the 1980s, its vivid streetlife became a symbol of the “consumer socialism” that distinguished Hungary from other Eastern Bloc states, but Budapesters today are rather less enamoured of Váci: dressed-to-kill babes and their sugar daddies would rather pose in malls, and teenagers can find McDonald's anywhere, leaving Váci utterly dependent on tourists for its livelihood and bustle."

Synonyms

dressed dressed-up dressed to the nines dolled up spruced up spiffed up togged up

Questions

What does dressed to kill mean?: Dressed in a very fashionable style.

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