mottled
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6.3
- adjective
- /ˈmɒtld/
- The artist chose a mottled canvas to add depth to her painting.
- mottled appearance
- mottled blue
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Watch on YouTubeThe unlikely silhouette of a common horned owl with sharp, sharp tufted ears, rust brown face with white feathers, and chin and throat mottled Gray and brown body.
- The unlikely silhouette of a common horned owl with sharp, sharp tufted ears, rust brown face with white feathers, and chin and throat mottled Gray and brown body.
- And that tadpole was deep, you know, deep black and deep blue mottled spots.
Examples
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On the darkly mottled concrete slope, his black form was no more substantial than a shadow.
Fiction book (1998) -
The mottled feathers of the bird helped it blend into its surroundings.
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But then the next one came out and it was mottled like it's meant to be, but it's yellow.
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Her eyes were shiny, and her face was mottled, but she seemed to have herself under control.
Fiction book (1992) -
And as you can see, we have this sort of black mottled spotting on the leaves.
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What is the issue here?" His father's face was flushed now, a deep, mottled, angry red.
Fiction book (1990) -
Upon completion of the infusion, the patient's fingers and toes had a mottled appearance.
Academic text (2006) -
Along the trail, toadshade opened, the mottled leaves looking like small tablemats.
Fiction book (2000) -
And on her face, mottled white and gray like granite, Zorah saw her wintry smile.
Fiction book (1991) -
The walls were painted a cloudy mottled pink, and they gave the entrance the warmest of rosy feelings.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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1.0
Having spots or patches of a different color
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2.8
Covered with many small spots of a different color
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2.9
Having many different bright colors
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5.5
Having light and dark spots in an uneven pattern
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2.6
Having parts of different bright colors
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7.2
Having patches or streaks of different colors
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4.4
Having thin lines and uneven patches of different color or texture, like marks on bacon and skin
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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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2.7
Having long thin lines or marks on a surface
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2.3
Shows areas of different color or material
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3.2
Having parts with different bright colors, like a rug or scarf
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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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7.1
Having small spots on the surface
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7.4
Having patches of different bright colors
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9.9
Marked with spots or stains, for example on cloth
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8.1
Having patches of different bright colors
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6.3
Cloth made from threads of mixed colors that gives a soft speckled look
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Morphology
Etymology
The word mottled comes from the old word mot, which meant 'speck' or 'small spot', like a dust mote. So something mottled is covered with many small spots or patches of different colors.