skinned
adjective
ˈskind 
: having skin especially of a specified kind —usually used in combination
dark-skinned
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The headless woman, losing this fight, is purple-skinned. 
New York Times, 13 Oct. 2021 For me, as a dark-skinned Black woman, to be the face of a campaign like that... Dianna Mazzone, Allure, 3 Aug. 2022 Angela Bassett as Tina Turner gave the future actress a powerful, fierce and fashionable portrayal of a brown-skinned woman even in the midst of her struggles. Veronica Wells, Essence, 13 Dec. 2021 The friend is Clare Kendry, a light-skinned Black woman who for years has been living as White. Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021 As Filoni points out, the Star Wars creator actually has appeared on screen before, playing blue-skinned statesman Baron Papanoida in 2005's Revenge of the Sith. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2022 Some of those include the blue-skinned Captain Riyola Keevan who leads the voyage, warm and engaging cruise director Lenka Mok and SK-62O, an astromech droid often spotted rolling around the ship. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Feb. 2022 The blue-skinned figures — usually but not always female, nude and solitary — are set off by hair, halos or other details rendered most often in gold or red. Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2022 Weta made Pandora and its blue-skinned beings for the 3D eyebender Avatar (2009). Lisette Voytko, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021 See More
New York Times, 13 Oct. 2021 For me, as a dark-skinned Black woman, to be the face of a campaign like that... Dianna Mazzone, Allure, 3 Aug. 2022 Angela Bassett as Tina Turner gave the future actress a powerful, fierce and fashionable portrayal of a brown-skinned woman even in the midst of her struggles. Veronica Wells, Essence, 13 Dec. 2021 The friend is Clare Kendry, a light-skinned Black woman who for years has been living as White. Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 10 Nov. 2021 As Filoni points out, the Star Wars creator actually has appeared on screen before, playing blue-skinned statesman Baron Papanoida in 2005's Revenge of the Sith. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2022 Some of those include the blue-skinned Captain Riyola Keevan who leads the voyage, warm and engaging cruise director Lenka Mok and SK-62O, an astromech droid often spotted rolling around the ship. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 25 Feb. 2022 The blue-skinned figures — usually but not always female, nude and solitary — are set off by hair, halos or other details rendered most often in gold or red. Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2022 Weta made Pandora and its blue-skinned beings for the 3D eyebender Avatar (2009). Lisette Voytko, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing skinned
Medical Definition
skinned
adjective
ˈskind
: having skin especially of a specified kind —usually used in combination
dark-skinned
skinned 1 of 2
adjective
as in furless
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- furless
- undressed
- unclothed
- hairless
- peeled
- unclad
- shaven
- disrobed
- divested
- unprotected
- naked
- stripped
- exposed
- denuded
- displayed
- revealed
- bald
- uncovered
- bare
- open
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- covered
- mantled
- bearded
- overgrown
- hairy
- overrun
- overspread
skinned
2 of 2verb
1
as in peeled
to remove the natural covering of I prefer not to skin potatoes before mashing them Synonyms & Similar Words
- peeled
- husked
- flayed
- barked
- hulled
- shucked
- shelled
- scaled
- exposed
- stripped
- denuded
- bared
- pared
- stript
2
as in cheated
to rob by the use of trickery or threats got his revenge on the dirty swindler who had skinned him Synonyms & Similar Words
- cheated
- plucked
- squeezed
- stung
- screwed
- hustled
- stuck
- victimized
- beat
- fleeced
- bled
- deceived
- chiseled
- did
- reamed
- exploited
- tricked
- hosed
- swindled
- stiffed
- gaffed
- diddled
- rooked
- cozened
- defrauded
- conned
- shorted
- shortchanged
- fiddled
- suckered
- betrayed
- bilked
- ripped off
- shook down
- mulcted
- nobbled
- fooled
- gouged
- soaked
- skunked
- chiselled
- choused
- flimflammed
- thimblerigged
- wrenched
- clipped
- euchred
- took to the cleaners
- nicked
- took for a ride
- extorted
- did in
- milked
- wrung
- sold a bill of goods to
- duped
- gulled
- overcharged
- wrested
- bitched
- bamboozled
- double-crossed
- fast-talked
- roped (in)
3
as in whipped
to defeat by a large margin we simply got skinned in the interoffice softball tournament Synonyms & Similar Words
- whipped
- flattened
- trimmed
- creamed
- bombed
- buried
- smoked
- smothered
- thrashed
- shellacked
- dusted
- pasted
- clobbered
- annihilated
- waxed
- whupped
- blew away
- routed
- beat
- overcame
- trounced
- threw
- upset
- topped
- tromped
- walloped
- mastered
- crushed
- skunked
- snowed under
- destroyed
- whopped
- whapped
- whomped
- slaughtered
- ate alive
- conquered
- overwhelmed
- licked
- swept
- capped
- drubbed
- succeeded
- scored
- took
- subdued
- dispatched
- beat the pants off
- subjugated
- ran rings around
- surpassed
- worsted
- vanquished
- wiped the floor with
- wiped the ground with
- finished
- overpowered
- overmatched
- exceeded
- ran circles around
- surmounted
- bested
- knocked over
- knocked off
- outfought
- hurdled
- eclipsed
- upended
- transcended
- overthrew
- outshone
- bettered
- sunk
- excelled
- broke
- nosed out
- flourished
- pipped
- overtopped
- outdid
- outstripped
- outdistanced
- sank
- outshined
- aced (out)
- triumphed (over)
- overbore
- prevailed (over)
- won (against)
- did in
- edged (out)