English-Swedish translations for made-up

• färdigställd
• fiktiv
• påhittad
  Det påhittade uttrycket ”aktiva europeiska värderingar”, som förespråkas i betänkandet, har ingen som helst innebörd.The made-up expression “active” European values’, as promoted by this report, has no meaning whatsoever.
  En kvinna som har tre barn och som för tjugonde gången får nej efter en anställningsintervju av påhittade skäl ska kunna få reda på om hon har någon chans till juridisk gottgörelse.A woman who has three children and is rejected for the twentieth time at a job interview for made-up reasons should be able to find out if she has a chance for legal redress.
• sminkad

Definition of made-up

• Invented or fabricated
• Changed by the application of cosmetics
• Arranged or put together
• Delighted, pleased, thrilled

Examples

• He told me a made-up version of the events, but I demanded the truth.
• a freshly made-up clown
• 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.

Related words

• made-to-measure
• made-up word
• made-for-TV movie