Synonyms of limned

limned

verb

past tense of limn

as in described

to give a representation or account of in words

he limned the scene in the courtroom so perfectly I could practically see it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• described
• depicted
• portrayed
• painted
• rendered
• sketched
• delineated
• characterized
• set out
• illustrated
• defined
• pictured
• imaged
• recounted
• drew
• represented
• summarized
• outlined
• labeled
• reported
• related
• narrated
• displayed
• demonstrated
• exhibited
• told
• showed
• traced
• suggested
• recited
• hinted
• qualified
• silhouetted
• rehearsed
• drafted
• summed up
• vignetted
• touched off
• redescribed
• reimaged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• colored
• distorted
• twisted
• misrepresented
• warped
• misstated
• falsified
• perverted
• garbled
• misdescribed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of limned

For the medieval peasants whose skeletons limned the walls, death was a prolonged nap until everyone woke up during the rapture. — Kristin Idaszak, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2026

Tubman is all but indecipherable, roughly limned with white paint and covered by red, black, and yellow smudges and drips. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Nuclear rhetoric and threats have limned the almost three and a half years of full-scale war in Ukraine. — Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025