Meanings
adjectivetanned (comparative more tanned, superlative most tanned)
comparative more tanned · superlative most tanned
- Having a suntan.
You're looking very tanned.
2 more examples
tanned bodies lying on the beach
Dressed always in jeans, a loose long sleeved top and large brimmed straw beach hat [...] she stood out from the tanned seasoned locals.
1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 120 - Finished, made using tannic acid (as opposed to abrasion).
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveconverted to leather by a tanning agent
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan bronzejat
- bronzejathaving a suntan
Chinese Cantonese 黝黑
- 黝黑 (jau² hak¹)having a suntan
Chinese Mandarin 黝黑
- 黝黑 (yǒuhēi)having a suntan
Czech opálený, vydělaný
- opálenýhaving a suntan
- vydělanýfinished using tannic acid
- vyčiněnýfinished using tannic acid
Danish solbrun
- solbrunhaving a suntan
Finnish ruskettunut, parkittu
- ruskettunuthaving a suntan
- parkittufinished using tannic acid
French bronzé
- bronzéhaving a suntan
German sonnengebräunt, braun gebrannt
- sonnengebräunthaving a suntan
- braun gebrannthaving a suntan
Icelandic sólbrúnn, útitekinn
- sólbrúnnhaving a suntan
- útitekinnhaving a suntan
Irish coirtithe, daite
- coirtithehaving a suntan
- daitehaving a suntan
- griandaitehaving a suntan
- síondaitehaving a suntan
- coirtithefinished using tannic acid
Italian conciato
- conciatofinished using tannic acid
Japanese 日焼けした
- 日焼けした (hiyake shita)having a suntan
Norwegian Bokmål solbrun
- solbrunhaving a suntan
Polish opalony
- opalonyhaving a suntan
Portuguese bronzeado, curtido
- bronzeadohaving a suntan
- curtidofinished using tannic acid
Russian загоре́лый
- загоре́лый (zagorélyj)having a suntan
Spanish bronceado
- bronceadohaving a suntan
Swedish solbränd
- solbrändhaving a suntan
Turkish tabaklanmış
- tabaklanmışfinished using tannic acid
Ukrainian засма́глий
- засма́глий (zasmáhlyj)having a suntan
Vietnamese rám nắng
- rám nắnghaving a suntan
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tanned
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Cite this entry
APA
tanned. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tanned
MLA
“tanned.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tanned. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tanned,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tanned.
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