glow-up

== English == === Alternative forms === glowup, glow up === Etymology === From glow +‎ up, modelled after such deverbals as blow-up; diachronically, probably not a deverbal from the verb glow up, which was back-formed from the noun. === Pronunciation === === Noun === glow-up (plural glow-ups) (slang) A major and impressive transformation in appearance, talent, power, etc. Antonym: glow-down 2020, Sarah Bahr, "Powerful Women Of Newfields", Newfields, Spring 2020, page 8: As the country's foremost fountain fashioner in the early 20th century, this Hoosier gave the gardens of wealthy Americans their glow-ups. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:glow-up. ==== Related terms ====