pimpled
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3.0
- adjective
- /ˈpɪmpəld/
- After a week of pizza and soda, his face became noticeably pimpled.
Examples
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The pimpled teenager was too self-conscious to go to the beach.
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Well, I was thinking of sticking your pimpled ass in the titty-wank...
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The pimpled, pale driver was in his thirties, with thinning hair and big wire-framed glasses out of which his nervous eyes goggled.
Fiction book (1997) -
Decetes saw him graduating from high school not two years ago, a mortarboard askew atop his pimpled brow, and decided to implement Plan A: Listen, Officer, maybe you'll take an interest in my work.
Fiction book (2002) -
Her pimpled complexion made her feel insecure on prom night.
Synonyms
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2.5
Having many small raised spots on the skin, often on the face
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8.3
Having small blisters filled with pus on the skin
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6.9
Skin that has many pimples or small red spots
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9.6
A skin condition with many small raised bumps
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7.5
Skin with many small raised spots, often on the face
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9.9
Skin that has many small pus-filled bumps
Antonyms
How Pimpled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pimpled comes from pimple, a simple word for a small, raised bump or 'little bubble', and the ending -ed means 'having'. So pimpled means skin 'having' many small bumps, which is why we use it for skin covered with pimples.