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skinned¹

  • /skɪnd/

Rhymes with -ɪnd

adjective

  1. not comparable Having skin.
  2. in compounds, not comparable Having a specific type of skin. Kiwi: Kiwi fruits are imported from New Zealand. Sometimes called Chinese gooseberries, these brown fuzzy-skinned fruits will be soft to the touch, like an avocado, when ripe. To serve this fruit, peel and slice.
  3. not comparable Covered in a thin membrane resembling skin.
  4. not comparable Having had the skin removed.

skinned²

  • /skɪnd/

Rhymes with -ɪnd

Where it comes from

From skin (“to remove skin”, verb) + -ed (suffix forming past tenses).

verb skint

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of skin

adjective

  1. not comparable Having skin (or similar outer layer) totally or partially removed. My skinned knuckles hurt until the scrape healed.
  2. not comparable, slang Stripped of money or property; skint.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: abraded, injured, scraped, peeled, stripped, ruined, exposed, deprived, bare, barren, naked, undone, counted, pared, robbed, scalped

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"skinned." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/skinned. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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skinned. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/skinned

Chicago

"skinned." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/skinned.

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@misc{skinned_2026,
  title = {skinned},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/skinned},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}