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painted

pain·ted

UK/ˈpeɪn.tɪd/ US/ˈpeɪ.nɪd/ common

adjective

1.

represented in a painting

  • “as idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean”
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2.

coated with paint

  • “freshly painted lawn furniture”
3.

lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting

  • “in public he wore a painted smile”
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4.

having makeup applied

  • “brazen painted faces”
Antonyms
5.

having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

  • “a jester dressed in motley”
  • “the painted desert”
  • “a particolored dress”
  • “a piebald horse”
  • “pied daisies”

Phrases

  • African painted frog
  • American painted lady
  • Australian painted snipe
  • Hula painted frog
  • not as black as one is painted
  • painted bamboo
  • painted bat
  • painted beauty

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