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painted

painted

1 1.0
Covered with a layer of paint
  • adjective
  • /ˈpeɪntɪd/
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  • She admired the painted ceiling of the room, which was decorated with intricate designs.

Outside the sergeant's mess, there is a freshly painted circle.

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Examples

  • Outside the sergeant's mess, there is a freshly painted circle.

  • It's an actual painted mural wall by Mikra Folks.

  • And these windows are more or less painted shut at this point.

  • It's all hand, hand carved, hand painted to look like it's burned.

  • They had Greg Louganis's mural painted on the wall of the pool.

  • U.S. 89 climbs almost two thousand feet from the Painted Desert's parched red sandstone to the pine forests in Sunset Crater's cinder fields.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The fence was freshly painted in bright blue, transforming the yard's appearance.

  • They decided to have the painted furniture restored to its original color.

Synonyms

distempered
vspainted
  • Archaic
9.1

Painted with a traditional water based paint used on walls and furniture

is any surface with a colored layer applied rather than a specific finish
coated
vspainted
3.3

Having a layer of something on its surface, like fur or seasoning

is specifically about a colored layer rather than any covering material
coveralled
vspainted
7.7

Completely covered in mud, paint or dust

refers instead to having a deliberate colored layer applied, not accidental smothering

Antonyms

3 2.2

A thing with no coloured layer on the surface that shows the natural material

Idioms

Not as bad or evil as people say

Less bad than people often say

Compounds

1 5.1

A freshwater turtle with bright yellow and red marks on its shell and skin

A North American butterfly with dark brown wings and white and orange spots

9.5

A bird with bright patterned feathers that lives in dry parts of India

A freshwater turtle with bright yellow and red markings on its shell and head

A small garden plant with bright, soft, trumpet-shaped flowers often yellow or purple

A freshwater turtle with bright yellow and red markings on its shell and skin

A plant grown indoors with colorful patterned leaves for decoration

9.6

A wild plant with bright red or orange flower parts that look like a brush

painted daisy
  • Indian
7.4

A garden plant from Asia with divided scented leaves and white, pink, or purple flowers that keeps insects away

A desert on a high plateau in northeastern Arizona with colorful layered rocks

A small fish that lives near the coast and has a light body with dark bands

9.9

A woman who wears heavy makeup and dresses to attract sexual attention

A tropical plant with bright red leaves and poisonous milky sap

A tropical plant with bright, colorful leaves grown for gardens or pots

How Painted

painted
1 1.0
unpainted
3 2.2

Surface Forms

painted positive

Morphology

painted = paint (transparent) = paint + ed

Standard adjectival/past-participle formation from the verb 'paint'; meaning 'covered with paint' is directly derived.

Etymology

Painted comes from paint, which means 'to colour with a brush' and is the same root as painter. So a painted wall is one that has been covered in a layer of colour.