Bespatter
[bi'spætә]
Definition
(v. t.) To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water, mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.
(v. t.) To asperse with calumny or reproach.
Typed by Keller
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Spatter (with something filthy), bedaub, BESMEAR.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Besprinkle, befoul, bedaub, revile, vilify, asperse
ANT:Absterge, sponge, cleanse, purify, vindicate, defend, clear
Typed by Juan
Definition
v.t. to spatter or sprinkle with dirt or anything moist: to defame.
Edited by Faye
Examples
- The next moment he saw it dolorously bespattered with eggs. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It is incredible that this blood-bespattered room contained no trace which could have aided us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Hence, when he came out of his invalid retirement and shook off that ragged train, he was much bespattered, and in worse case than ever. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was full late in the night when the carriage emerged, dripping and bespattered, out of the creek, and stood at the door of a large farmhouse. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Typist: Nadine