dappled
5
5.5
- adjective
- /ˈdæpəld/
:
moteado
- The garden was filled with dappled sunlight filtering through the leaves of the trees.
- dappled shade
- dappled light
- dappled sunlight
Examples
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Sir Edward closed the latch on the gate and followed Peg into the dappled woodland.
Fiction book (1995) -
A fawn's pelage is a model of the dappled pattern of sunlight filtered through trees onto the woodland floor.
Academic text (1995) -
So this area here beneath the tree is mostly dappled sun through the day until the very last part.
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In the sun dappled streets of a small town, a proud mother showed off her newborn son.
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The balmy day with its dappled light had brought workers from the stone buildings.
Fiction book (2000) -
There the girl stood with her beautiful hair and arms lit up by dappled sunlight.
Fiction book (1993) -
The quiet cove with its lapping water and dappled shade was a perfect spot for a romantic picnic.
Fiction book (1999) -
In her dream, she wore the prince's hunting costume and rode a dappled grey through a dense forest.
Fiction book (1993) -
Tribesmen glide through the dappled light of the forest, almost invisible in skins and camouflage.
Fiction book (1996) -
The setting sun draped the Herodian stones in soft pink and cloaked the worshipers in dappled gray.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
8
2.9
Having many different bright colors
7
6.3
Covered with spots or patches of different colors
5
5.0
Having irregular patches of colour on the skin or other surfaces
5
7.2
Having patches or streaks of different colors
3
5.6
A surface with uneven patches or spots
2
1.0
Having spots or patches of a different color
1
7.9
Having patches of different colors, often bright
1
2.8
Covered with many small spots of a different color
1
7.1
Having small spots on the surface
1
8.9
Having many small dots or spots on skin and leaves
Something that has uneven spots like stains
Marked with irregular spots of a different color
Shows areas of different color or material
Covered with many small spots like drops of paint
With small spots of a different color
A surface with many small spots like dots on an egg or cloth
Having small dots on it
A surface covered with many small dots, often made by paint or ink
Having patches of different bright colors
Having patches of different bright colors
Marked with small patches of color or light
Antonyms
Compounds
How Patterned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dappled comes from the older word dapple, which meant 'spot' or 'patch'. So something dappled is covered with small spots or patches of light and dark, like a horse's coat or sunlight through leaves.