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painted

[ peyn-tid ]

adjective

  1. reproduced or represented in paint:

    a painted image.

  2. covered with a coating of paint:

    a painted chair.

  3. unreal; artificial; feigned:

    a painted life.

  4. exaggerated or misrepresented:

    a luridly painted version of what really happened.

  5. covered with makeup, especially to excess.
  6. brightly colored or multicolored (used in combinations).


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Other Word Forms

  • ܲ·貹ԳĻ adjective
  • ɱ-貹ԳĻ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of painted1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; paint, -ed 2
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Throughout their lives, both mother and daughter would leave husbands behind for their church activities, eventually traveling America together in a car painted “Jesus Saves!”

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He painted a dire picture of the lives of autistic people.

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The election is held in strict secrecy inside the Sistine Chapel, famously painted by Michelangelo.

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He painted the city as “broken” and in desperate need of a chief executive with on-the-ground experience at City Hall who could make tough decisions without fear of disappointing longtime political supporters.

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But the latest skirmish between Trump and China has painted a target on this nation’s most important manufacturing exporter: Boeing Co.

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