pimpled
- 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
Having many small raised spots on the skin, often on the face
Skin that has many pimples or small red spots
Having small blisters filled with pus on the skin
Skin with many small raised spots, often on the face
A skin condition with many small raised bumps
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.