tanned 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of tannednext
as in bronzed

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tanned

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verb

past tense of tan
1
as in whipped
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible Grandpa told us that when he was a kid, if he misbehaved at all, his father would tan his backside with a belt

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2
as in licked
to strike repeatedly a time when children were routinely tanned for misbehavior

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tanned
  1. bronzed
  2. whipped
  3. pounded
  4. brown
  5. slashed
  6. ruddy
  7. battered
  8. pelted
Adjective
  • Guests dialed up the drama with rich copper smokey eyes and glowing bronzed skin.
    — Stixx Mathews, Essence, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Along with her icy new mane, the Netflix star opted for Y2K glam, pairing a gray smoky eye with brown lip liner and bronzed skin.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
Definition of bronzed
Verb
  • In at least four of the heists, the thieves threatened their victim with a gun; one victim was pistol whipped, cops said.
    — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
  • At the final whistle, James ran onto the field and whipped a towel through the air.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of whipped
Verb
  • My heartbeat pounded in my ears, drowning out the anticipatory purr of two ambulance engines idling nearby.
    — Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Fieri’s tenders are wide and flat, resembling pounded and breaded chicken cutlets.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of pounded
Adjective
  • Try to sleep in a quiet environment, eliminating noise from outside sources by using earplugs or white noise or brown noise (a variety of calming background sounds based on frequency).
    — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 21 Mar. 2025
  • While her niece, Rio Hudson, was decked out in Lakers gear and unlaced Timberlands, Hudson put a casual spin on Isla’s game-day wardrobe in a brown corduroy set featuring an oversized shirt jacket and wide-leg pants.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of brown
Verb
  • In another incident that month, a train conductor was slashed in the neck.
    — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • So much so that movement speeds of loads (up or down) were slashed by 85% compared to common-or-garden backpacks.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of slashed
Adjective
  • The blood moon is a trick of the light, when the typical whitish looking moon becomes red or ruddy brown.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Earth is backlit by the sun during a lunar eclipse, so all the sunlight falling on the lunar surface is passing through the thickest part of our atmosphere, bathing the moon in a ruddy glow.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2025
Definition of ruddy
Verb
  • Because even with the defense being battered Monday, Detroit’s forward group is intact.
    — Max Bultman, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • On Saturday night, for long periods, they were battered.
    — Michael Cox, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of battered
Verb
  • Metro Detroit will get pelted with wet weather today, from a wintry mix in Wayne County to as much as 3 inches of snow in places like Oakland County and parts of Macomb, according to the National Weather Service office in White Lake.
    — Natalie Davies, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, Superman is shielding children from explosive blasts, getting pelted with trash tossed by angry spectators, and mourning a fallen Kelex.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of pelted
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