painted
/ˈpeɪn.tɪd//ˈpeɪ.nɪd/
painted is the simple past and past participle of paint.
Adjective
painted (not comparable)
- Coated with paint.
- Large-scale projects such as motion-picture production use huge sets with seamless painted walls, cycs, and floors—not to mention a vast array of lights.2014, Jeff Foster, The Green Screen Handbook: Real-World Production Techniques, →ISBN, page 63
- Depicted in paint.
- Sometimes the spatters extend a significant distance above other painted figures.2001, James D. Keyser, Michael Klassen, Plains Indian Rock Art, →ISBN, page 161
- Colorful, as if painted.
- the painted desert
- painted turtle
- Wearing makeup.
- GET OFF THE STREET, YOU PAINTED JEZEBEL.1985, Law of the West, Commodore 64
- Superficial or cosmetic, without underlying depth of feeling.
- He had his mouth close to Lily's ear, hoping that this might be interpreted as affection. He felt Lily go rigid beneath the arm he had clasped about her, but that painted smile stayed on her face.c. 1953, H. A. DeRosso, .44 (page 143)
Meaning of paint
Verb
paint (third-person singular simple present paints, present participle painting, simple past and past participle painted)
- To apply paint to.
- I painted the bathroom walls light blue, and I painted the ceiling white.
- To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
- To apply with a brush in order to treat some body part.
- To cover (something) with spots of colour, like paint.
- not painted with the crimson spots of bloodc. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- To create (an image) with paints.
- to paint a portrait or a landscape
- To practise the art of painting pictures.
- I've been painting since I was a young child.
Words formed from painted
- African painted frog
- American painted lady
- Australian painted snipe
- electropainted
- hand-painted
- handpainted
- Hula painted frog
- negative-painted
- nonpainted
- not as black as one is painted
- painted bamboo
- painted bat
- painted beauty
- painted berrypecker
- painted bristly mouse
- painted bug
- painted bunting
- painted buttonquail
- painted cat
- painted comber
- painted dog
- painted drop tongue
- painted finch
- painted firetail
- painted francolin
- painted frog
- painted grass
- painted grasshawk
- painted hound
- painted hunting dog
- painted Jezebel
- painted lady
- painted mantis shrimp
- paintedness
- painted-on
- painted partridge
- Painted Post
- painted snipe
- painted-snipe
- painted tree rat
- painted trillium
- painted turtle
- painted wolf
- unpainted
Phrases with painted
- painted up
- painted out
- painted bats
- painted bugs
- painted cats
- painted dogs
- painted down
- painted over
- painted frogs
- finger painted
- Painted Desert
- painted ladies
28 more phrasesFewer phrases
- painted snipes
- painted wolves
- painted combers
- painted finches
- painted turtles
- painted beauties
- painted buntings
- painted Jezebels
- painted the tape
- painted the town
- painted firetails
- painted the wagon
- painted tree rats
- painted trilliums
- Hula painted frogs
- painted francolins
- painted grasshawks
- painted partridges
- painted berrypeckers
- painted buttonquails
- painted hunting dogs
- African painted frogs
- painted a rosy picture
- painted mantis shrimps
- American painted ladies
- Australian painted snipes
- painted with a wide brush
- painted with the same brush
Words that rhyme with painted
Questions about painted
- What does painted mean?
- Painted means coated with paint.
- What is painted the simple past and past participle of?
- Painted is the simple past and past participle of paint.
- What part of speech is painted?
- Painted is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce painted?
- Painted is pronounced /ˈpeɪn.tɪd/.
Words near painted in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: painted (page history and authors); paint (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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