Synonyms of tanned

tanned 1 of 2

adjective

as in suntanned

Related Words

• suntanned
• bronzed
• brown
• ruddy
• red
• rosy
• pink
• pinkish
• sanguine
• blooming
• florid
• warm
• rubicund
• glowing
• flushed
• blowsy
• blushing
• flush
• full-blooded
• bloomy
• cherubic

Dissimilar Words

• pale
• pasty
• pallid
• sallow
• ashen
• ashy
• doughy
• wan
• white
• palish
• livid
• lurid
• waxen
• mealy
• waxy
• peaked
• peaky
• whitened
• blanched
• sickly
• paled
• sick
• sallowish
• anemic
• cadaverous
• bloodless
• white-faced
• whey-faced

tanned

2 of 2

verb

past tense of tan

1

as in whipped

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

Grandpa told us that when he was a kid, if he misbehaved at all, his father would tan his backside with a belt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipped
• slashed
• hided
• leathered
• lashed
• flicked
• spanked
• flagellated
• switched
• thrashed
• slapped
• scourged
• licked
• cut
• flailed
• horsewhipped
• flogged
• punched
• hit
• banged
• knocked
• birched
• pounded
• mauled
• smacked
• cowhided
• whaled
• strapped
• batted
• clipped
• rawhided
• whacked
• swiped
• clapped
• caned
• thumped
• beat
• boxed
• battered
• swatted
• clubbed
• cracked
• cuffed
• knouted
• lathered
• touched up
• pelted
• paddled
• pasted
• socked
• mangled
• hammered
• quirted
• roughed
• pummeled
• bashed
• busted
• laced
• clobbered
• slugged
• buffeted
• blackjacked
• smote
• worked over
• clouted
• basted
• bludgeoned
• bopped
• cudgeled
• slated
• bunged
• belted
• whupped
• walloped
• pistol-whipped
• threshed
• thwacked
• belabored
• fustigated
• drubbed
• fibbed
• lammed
• tromped
• slogged
• pommeled
• lambasted
• whopped

2

as in licked

to strike repeatedly

a time when children were routinely tanned for misbehavior

Synonyms & Similar Words

• licked
• pounded
• lashed
• whipped
• battered
• pelted
• hided
• spanked
• slapped
• beat
• punched
• attacked
• thumped
• assaulted
• did
• knocked
• hit
• smashed
• mauled
• lathered
• batted
• chopped
• slammed
• paddled
• curried
• pummeled
• hammered
• clubbed
• bashed
• thrashed
• laced
• buffeted
• punched out
• smacked
• bludgeoned
• worked over
• basted
• boxed
• slated
• belted
• flogged
• raided
• whacked
• wounded
• threshed
• switched
• birched
• belabored
• fibbed
• walloped
• swiped
• roughed (up)
• whupped
• whaled
• tromped
• cracked
• pommeled
• slogged
• lambasted
• messed (up)
• drubbed
• bunged up
• whopped
• pasted
• stormed
• cuffed
• strapped
• swatted
• descended (on or upon)
• leathered
• rushed
• beat up on
• laid on
• socked
• jumped (on)
• caned
• clobbered
• assailed
• busted
• clouted
• flagellated
• pounced (on or upon)
• scourged
• lacerated
• beset
• mutilated
• thwacked
• horsewhipped
• gored
• lammed
• cudgeled
• mangled
• maimed
• cowhided
• whomped
• whammed
• blackjacked
• pistol-whipped
• rawhided
• fustigated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tanned

Adjective

On the route, local children skirted the edges of the gravel, damp beach towels draped over their tanned shoulders. — Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

Rigid beauty standards defined Victoria’s Secret in the peak of its mid-aughts glory, with girls watching rows of extra-small, tanned models at the annual fashion show. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 June 2026

The biggest is Theroux’s overly tanned and idiotic tech billionaire Benji Barnes, who is dating Emily (Emily Blunt) after recently divorcing his cool wife Sasha Barnes (Lucy Liu) and leaving her with billions. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 May 2026

The ex-spies blended in nicely among the engineers, techies, and tanned retirees from law enforcement and government-adjacent jobs. — Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026

But this gorgeous pair of tanned leather mules has a cork insole and a natural rubber sole for a super high-quality step. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026

Sunburnt blush focuses the color in the very center of your face for a just-tanned effect, while the doll-blush trend places it on the apples of cheeks for a smooth look. — Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 15 Dec. 2025

The boots are made from a twinface sheepskin upper, with fleece and wool on the inside and the tanned skin on the outside. — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025

The homey haunt, just a stone's throw from the shore, has served up many ice-cold beverages for tanned locals and sunburnt visitors alike. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025

Verb

Handwoven and tanned in Italy, it’s finished with a water-resistant coating that helps protect it from humidity and the occasional splash. — Nina Derwin, Architectural Digest, 24 July 2026

In racy photos posted by Kardashian, the longtime Kardashian-Jenner family friend is seen toned and tanned, her hair messy. — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 23 June 2026

Blond, blue-eyed and perpetually tanned, Harmon served as Groucho Marx’s assistant on the 1961 CBS game show Tell It to Groucho, then starred as a girl in Hawaii who gets mixed up in a robbery in the beach party movie One Way Wahine (1965). — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026

His skin is tanned, similar to a Lunarian king. — Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026

Before then, it was thought that indoor tanners were about 75% percent more likely to develop melanoma than those who have never tanned indoors, and that just one session in a tanning bed could increase the risk by 20 percent. — Tori Crowther, Allure, 19 Mar. 2026

Tessum, 36, tall, lean, and tanned, already has two world records for trips to the North Pole. — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2026

Her privileged best friend, coming off an unsatisfying nose job, takes the drug and shows up the next day blonde, tanned and ready for the runway. — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026

Tall and tanned, the Portland native moved to Palm Springs, yes, during the pandemic. — Jason Sheeler, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2026