made-up adj 1: formed or conceived by the imagination; "a fabricated excuse for his absence"; "a fancied wrong"; "a fictional character"; "used fictitious names"; "a made-up story" [syn: {fabricated}, {fancied}, {fictional}, {fictitious}, {invented}] 2: having been paved 3: marked by the use of makeup; "heavily made-up eyes" 4: formed by fitting or joining components together [syn: {assembled}, {built(a)}]