From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmade-upˈmade-up adjective 1 UNTRUEa story, name, word etc that is made-up is not true or real She used a made-up name.2 DCBwearing make-up on your face She was heavily made-up (=wearing a lot of make-up).
Examples from the Corpus
made-up• Do I look too made-up?• In place of those silly horses with two people inside them there are fat people made-up as Klingons.• Robert, Ian and - yes, that heavily made-up blonde was Dawn.• The blonde struck a pose and fixed a tight smile on her immaculately made-up face.• I jerked my arm away and gave him a made-up name, then told him to keep his goddam hands off.• a made-up name• Heavily made-up stewardesses serve up fatty meals and stale rolls.heavily made-up• Robert, Ian and - yes, that heavily made-up blonde was Dawn.• Short-skirted and heavily made-up, she smoked and drank and behaved in a way that outraged many of the older generation. 