branded

[ bran-did ]

adjective

1. marked with a branding iron to show ownership:

   branded cattle.

2. Commerce. carrying the brand or trademark of a manufacturer:

   branded merchandise.

branded

/ ˈbrændɪd /

adjective

1. identifiable as being the product of a particular manufacturer or marketing company

Other Words From

• non·branded adjective
• well-branded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of branded¹

First recorded in 1645–55; brand + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Power recently set up a partnership between Elf Cosmetics and Twitch streamer LoserFruit, who used Elf products to recreate her Fortnite look, and he is also working on building out a branded world within Fortnite.

From Digiday

In a recent study, it was revealed that as many as 25% of Instagrammers swipe up when they come across a branded post.

From Search Engine Watch

Google also has a range of its own branded Titan security keys, one of which also offers Bluetooth connectivity.

From TechCrunch

However, for commercial and branded video productions, even these precautions are not enough.

From Digiday

So, for non-branded search, we actually had no idea what the results are going to be.

From Freakonomics

He branded it a fifth-column invasion into popular culture, normalizing radical, even communist ambitions.

From The Daily Beast

This ever-so-slight heart-bleed for immigrant children branded him a party apostate, and he began to change course.

From The Daily Beast

She now chronicles her recovery in her re-branded site called The Balanced Blonde.

From The Daily Beast

The U.K. tabloids, as is their wont, have branded her “shameless,” “sordid,” and “the scourge of society.”

From The Daily Beast

For those who want the most out of the attraction, they can be branded with a bloody X on their foreheads.

From The Daily Beast

The law still branded as conspiracy any united attempt of workingmen to raise wages or to shorten the hours of work.

From Project Gutenberg

In the following year a dragoon was similarly sentenced by court-martial to be branded on the tongue.

From Project Gutenberg

But when the progeny are designed for breeders, the practice should be branded with unqualified reprehension.

From Project Gutenberg

His right name is Clarence, but early someone branded him Ugly, en because he resented hit, the name stuck.

From Project Gutenberg

Every one of our herd is branded with a capital D in the center of a diamond.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• charred
• scorched