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painted

paint·ed
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [peyn-tid]
    • /ˈpeɪn tɪd/
    • /peɪnt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [peyn-tid]
    • /ˈpeɪn tɪd/

Definitions of painted word

  • adjective painted reproduced or represented in paint: a painted image. 1
  • adjective painted covered with a coating of paint: a painted chair. 1
  • adjective painted unreal; artificial; feigned: a painted life. 1
  • adjective painted exaggerated or misrepresented: a luridly painted version of what really happened. 1
  • adjective painted covered with makeup, especially to excess. 1
  • adjective painted brightly colored or multicolored (used in combinations). 1

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Origin of painted

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at paint, -ed2

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Painted

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

painted popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

painted usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for painted

adj painted

  • cosmetic — Cosmetics are substances such as lipstick or powder, which people put on their face to make themselves look more attractive.
  • diagrammatic — Something that is in diagrammatic form is arranged or drawn as a diagram.
  • gilt — a simple past tense and past participle of gild1 .
  • gooky — Gloppy, gooey.
  • graphic — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.

noun painted

  • hookerJoseph, 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
  • japanned — any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces.
  • nymphomaniac — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.

verb painted

  • airbrushed — Simple past tense and past participle of airbrush.
  • chalked — Simple past tense and past participle of chalk.
  • drew — simple past tense of draw.
  • frescoed — Also called buon fresco, true fresco. the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture. Compare fresco secco.
  • incarnadined — Simple past tense and past participle of incarnadine.

adjective painted

  • coated — covered with an outer layer, film, etc
  • colored — Something that is colored a particular color is that color.
  • coloured — Something that is coloured a particular colour is that colour.
  • covered — A covered area is an area that has a roof.
  • daubed — to cover or coat with soft, adhesive matter, as plaster or mud: to daub a canvas with paint; to daub stone walls with mud.

Top questions with painted

  • who painted the mona lisa?
  • who painted the sistine chapel?

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