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Synonyms for mottle

Most common

blotch freck variegate cloud dapple

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

2. Dapple

dapple, cloud

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

Related words

Phrases
leaf mottle yellows

Forms

Past participle
mottled
e.g. mottled → blotched, streaked, spotted, variegated…

Example sentences

  • blotch The bird was a dark blotch against the sky.
  • cloud The car was enveloped in a cloud of exhaust fumes.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
mottlefalling
blotchfalling
frecksteady
variegatesteady
cloudrising
dapplerising

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

By length

4 letters
spot1
5 letters
cloud1, fleck1, freck1
6 letters
streak1, blotch1, dapple
9 letters
variegate3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (variegate3 = 3 syllables).

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Français
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