bespeckled
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7.1
- adjective
- /bɪˈspɛkəld/
- She wore a bespeckled dress that featured vibrant spots of various colors.
Examples
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The artist painted a bespeckled canvas, creating a vibrant effect with small patches of color.
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(A short, bespeckled boy, very studious looking, and wearing a gi uniform that swallows him, raises his hand uncertainly.)
Fiction book (1996) -
The bespeckled eggshell had tiny brown dots scattered across its surface.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having spots or patches of a different color
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2.7
Having many small light brown spots on the skin from being in the sun
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2.8
Covered with many small spots of a different color
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6.3
Covered with spots or patches of different colors
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5.5
Having light and dark spots in an uneven pattern
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5.0
Having irregular patches of colour on the skin or other surfaces
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4.4
With small spots of a different color
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1.4
Marked with small spots or patches of a different color
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5.6
A surface with uneven patches or spots
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6.7
Marked with irregular spots of a different color
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3.0
Having many small brown spots on skin or other things
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6.1
Something that has uneven spots like stains
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3.2
Covered with many small spots like drops of paint
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9.9
Marked with spots or stains, for example on cloth
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7.2
Marked by many small dark spots left by flies
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3.5
A surface with many small spots like dots on an egg or cloth
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6.1
Having small dark marks on skin or objects from long sun exposure
Antonyms
How Spotted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bespeckled comes from the prefix be- added to speck ('a small spot'), and the related word speckle means a tiny mark. So bespeckled simply means 'covered with small spots'.