mottled
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6.3
- adjective
- /ˈmɒtld/
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moteado
- The artist chose a mottled canvas to add depth to her painting.
- mottled appearance
- mottled blue
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.
- 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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2.9
Having many different bright 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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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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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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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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3.2
Having parts with different bright colors, like a rug or scarf
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7.1
Having small spots on the surface
With small spots of a different color
Covered with many small spots like drops of paint
Something that has uneven spots like stains
Shows areas of different color or material
Having patches of different bright colors
Having patches of different bright colors
Having long thin lines or marks on a surface
Cloth made from threads of mixed colors that gives a soft speckled look
Marked with spots or stains, for example on cloth
How Spotted
Surface Forms
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.