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Synonyms for bespatter

Most common

soil dabble spatter blacken

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To spatter or cover with something; sprinkle with anything liquid, or with any wet or adhesive substance.

Related words

Word family
bespatterment

Forms

Past participle
bespattered
e.g. bespattered → spattered, soiled, dabbled, vilified…

Example sentences

  • soil Fertile soil is indispensable for a good harvest.
  • dabble What a fool she is to dabble in stocks!
  • spatter There was blood spatter everywhere in the room.
  • blacken Don't blacken the fridge with your dirty fingers.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bespattersteady
soilfalling
dabblerising
spattersteady
blackensteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
soil1, slur1, blot1
5 letters
smear1, sully2
6 letters
dabble2, malign2, defame2, vilify3, revile2, befoul, smirch
7 letters
slander2, tarnish2, spatter2, blacken2, traduce, asperse
8 letters
besmirch
9 letters
denigrate3
10 letters
besprinkle

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sully2 = 2 syllables).