Definition of painty
usually -er/-est
1 a
: of, relating to, or suggestive of paint
- a painty odor
b
: spattered or smeared with paint
- after doing the kitchen walls she found that her clothes were all painty
2
: marked by or suggestive of an excessive or often crudely obtrusive use of paint
- an unskillful painty portrait
- painty stage scenery
