painted

paint-ed · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Covered with paint; decorated with paint.

  2. 2.

    Past tense and past participle of paint.

  3. 3.

    Depicted in a painting.

  4. 4.

    Wearing makeup, especially heavily.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    painted lady — a type of butterfly; (dated) a woman with heavy makeup
  • •
    not as black as one is painted — not as bad as one's reputation suggests

Related words

Antonyms: bare, unpainted
See also: paint, painter, painting
Synonyms: coated, colored, decorated

Etymology

From Latin pingere ("to paint") via Old French peint + past tense suffix -ed.