depaint

D2E1P3A1I1N1T1

verb

To depict.

Similar
paintportraydelineate
Opposite
paint
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Meanings

verbdepaint (third-person singular simple present depaints, present participle depainting, simple past depainted, past participle depainted or (archaic, rare) depainten)

present singular third person depaints · participle present depainting · past depainted · participle past depainted · archaic participle past rare depainten

  1. archaictransitiveTo depict.

    on his shield depainted he did see: Such homage till that instant never learned hee

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

    Synonyms: paint, portray, delineate

  2. archaictransitiveTo depict in words; to describe graphically.
  3. archaictransitiveTo colour; to decorate with colours.
  4. archaictransitiveTo stain; to distain.
  5. transitiveTo remove paint from.

    aircraft depainting technology

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo depict.

Similar
paintportraydelineate

antonym(s) of “remove paint”

Opposite
paint

Origin

From de- + paint.

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Translations

Finnish poistaa maali
  • poistaa maalito remove paint

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

paintedpantiedtenidapinadeptantidep
Cite this entry
APA

depaint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depaint

MLA

“depaint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depaint. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depaint,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depaint.

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