splashed

2.6

A surface marked by drops, patches or bright color

adjective
/splæʃt/

: salpicado

The painter created a dramatic scene with bright colors splashed across the canvas.

Examples

She wore a dress splashed with colorful patterns that caught everyone's attention at the party.
After the rain, the streets were splashed with muddy puddles that reflected the cloudy sky.
Had like my hair would fall out, white splashes over my skin.
Then they start walking for miles, splashed on in silence through the terrible Cypress woods where day never came.

Synonyms

stained

vssplashed

1 2.6

Marked or colored by something that is hard to remove

is usually temporary messy wet patches, not lasting discoloration

splattered

vssplashed

4.9

Covered with drops and small patches of liquid like mud or paint

is broader, covering patches, drops, or thin wet areas rather than only large blobs

spattered

vssplashed

4.5

Marked with small drops of liquid like paint or mud

is more likely to mean larger or more striking wet patches

flecked

vssplashed

4.4

With small spots of a different color

is messier and often forms larger drops or irregular patches

dabbled

vssplashed

7.2

Marked with small patches of color or light

is messier and usually from liquid or large wet marks rather than light touches

Antonyms

clean

∞ 1.0

Free from dirt or harmful things

unmarked

43 4.3

Having no mark or label to show who it belongs to

Compounds

moon-splashed

Literature

7.5

A place or object that has small areas lit by moonlight

How Covered

drenched

1 3.9

splashed

2.6

speckled

1 2.8

Surface Forms

splashed positive

Morphology

splashed = splash (transparent) = splash + ed

The adjective is a regular participial/adjectival form of the verb 'splash' formed with the productive suffix '-ed', so its meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Splashed comes from the sound word splash, which copies the noise of liquid hitting something, and the -ed part makes it mean 'marked by' that action. So, to be splashed is to be hit or covered with drops or bright patches of liquid or color, like paint on an apron or sunlight across a floor.