splattered

4.9

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

adjective
/ˈsplætərd/

: salpicado

The walls were splattered with colorful paint after the art class.

This was in front of the house now the crib overturned, splattered with blood, a child's toy still inside.

Examples

The chef's apron was splattered with sauce while he prepared dinner.
To show your Halloween spirit, try a crime scene nail look, AKA blood splattered nails.
We can see splattered blood from that first wound.
And I'll never forget going to his room a few days later and seeing his blood splattered up and down the halls.
You know, they look at it and all they see is is some some cheap paint splattered on the canvas.
This was in front of the house now the crib overturned, splattered with blood, a child's toy still inside.

Megyn Kelly
This was in front of the house now the crib overturned, splattered with blood, a child's toy still inside.

Megyn Kelly
In the process it also took out his frontal cortex, which was like nicely splattered all over the the acreage there.
In the process, it also took out his frontal cortex, which was like nicely splattered all over the the acreage there.
When the car hit the puddle, water splattered on the sidewalk.

Synonyms

speckled

vssplattered

1 2.8

Covered with many small spots of a different color

describes larger drops or patches rather than tiny repeated colored spots

spattered

vssplattered

4.5

Marked with small drops of liquid like paint or mud

covers both small drops and larger patches rather than only small spots

splashed

vssplattered

2.6

A surface marked by drops, patches or bright color

is similar but can be less dramatic and more about simple scattered marks

besprent

vssplattered

Archaic

9.9

Sprinkled with small pieces like petals or drops

is the common modern adjective used for drops or patches rather than archaic form

splotched

vssplattered

6.1

Something that has uneven spots like stains

focuses more on liquid drops and patchy wet marks rather than dry blots

How Covered

stained

1 2.6

splattered

4.9

speckled

1 2.8

Surface Forms

splattered positive

Morphology

splattered = splatter (transparent) = splatter + ed

Formed by the regular past-participle/adjectival suffix '-ed' from the verb 'splatter', so the meaning 'covered with splatters' is directly derived.

Etymology

Splattered comes from the verb splatter, a word that copies the sound of drops, like splash, and it makes you think of 'small drops hitting a surface'. So, to be splattered is to be covered with those scattered drops or patches of liquid.