whore's paint
- noun
- /hɔrz peɪnt/
- Offensive
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maquillaje de prostituta
- She wore so much whore's paint that her face looked almost unrecognizable.
Examples
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She wore too much whore's paint for the party.
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He sneered at her whore's paint, making her feel self-conscious.
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Some critics argue that calling it whore's paint is both outdated and offensive.
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I don't like that much whore's paint on someone.
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She applied a lot of whore's paint for the performance, transforming her look entirely.
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He commented on her heavy use of whore's paint, suggesting it was too much for a casual outing.
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Many people believe that using excessive whore's paint can overshadow natural beauty.
Synonyms
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Makeup people put on to feel more confident before going out
Antonyms
The quality of being like the world of plants, animals, and land rather than made by people
How Heavy
- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
whore's + paint
The phrase combines a possessive form of 'whore' (a derogatory label for a sex worker) with 'paint' (colloquial for makeup), so its meaning — makeup associated with or typical of a 'whore', i.e. heavy/flashy/disparaging makeup — is directly inferable from the parts. This is a straightforward noun+noun possessive composition that a B1 learner who knows both constituent words would predictably understand.
Etymology
The phrase whore's paint likely comes from the old image of prostitutes wearing thick, bright paint on their faces to get attention, so it came to mean 'very heavy or too much makeup' and is often used as an insult.