adjective
1. coated with paint (Freq. 2)
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freshly painted lawn furniture
• Ant: ↑unpainted
• Similar to: ↑finished, ↑stained, ↑varnished, ↑whitewashed
• See Also: ↑finished
2. lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting (Freq. 1)
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in public he wore a painted smile
• Similar to: ↑artificial, ↑unreal
3. having makeup applied
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brazen painted faces
• Ant: ↑unpainted
• Similar to: ↑rouged
4. having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
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a jester dressed in motley
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the painted desert
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a particolored dress
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a piebald horse
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pied daisies
• Syn:
↑motley, ↑calico, ↑multicolor, ↑multi-color, ↑multicolour, ↑multi-colour, ↑multicolored, ↑multi-colored, ↑multicoloured, ↑multi-coloured, ↑particolored, ↑particoloured, ↑piebald, ↑pied, ↑varicolored, ↑varicoloured
Useful english dictionary. 2012.