Meanings
nounwar paint (countable and uncountable, plural war paints)
plural war paints
- countableuncountablePigments ritually applied to the face and/or body (originally and still especially of a Native American warrior) prior to going into a battle.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouncosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch oorlogsverf
- oorlogsverfpigment
Estonian sõjamaaling
- sõjamaalingpigment
Finnish sotamaalaus, sotamaalaus
- sotamaalauspigment
- sotamaalauscosmetic makeup
French peinture de guerre, peinturlure
- peinture de guerrepigment
- peinturlurecosmetic makeup
- peinturluragecosmetic makeup
German Kriegsbemalung
- Kriegsbemalungpigment
Polish barwy wojenne, kosmetyki
- barwy wojennepigment
- kosmetykicosmetic makeup
Russian боева́я раскра́ска
- боева́я раскра́ска (bojevája raskráska)pigment
Spanish potingue
- potinguecosmetic makeup
Cite this entry
APA
war paint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/war%20paint
MLA
“war paint.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/war%20paint. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “war paint,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/war%20paint.
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