splotchy
- adjective
- /ˈsplɒtʃi/
- My makeup didn't sit like right on my skin and it was looking a little like splotchy and crazy.
- splotchy skin
- splotchy face
- splotchy cheeks
Things grab, it gets a little bit blotchy, splotchy, and I just need a little more to kind of smooth things out.
- Things grab, it gets a little bit blotchy, splotchy, and I just need a little more to kind of smooth things out.
- That's not the motto, You know, it's not, it's not, you know, short, loud and splotchy.
- Then they get kind of splotchy pink, Gray, and then they get pink overtime.
Examples
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When he returned, his face was splotchy and his mouth swollen as if he had been in a fistfight.
Fiction book (1990) -
Renata's throat was growing splotchy and red.
Fiction book (1998) -
And even with makeup, her skin is splotchy.
Fiction book (1999) -
Oh, goodness, you look all splotchy.
Fiction book (1997) -
Can you see how bumpy and splotchy the light gold is?
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Carmel runs her hand over her bruised, splotchy legs.
Fiction book (1998) -
Her plain face turned splotchy red, and her eyes welled up with unshed tears.
Fiction book (1990) -
Virgil is working on an overweight man—his back is splotchy from too much sun.
Fiction book (1999) -
The artist used a splotchy technique to create texture in her painting.
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After the rain, the mud left splotchy stains on my shoes.
Synonyms
Not the same quality in all parts
Covered with spots or patches of different colors
Having irregular patches of colour on the skin or other surfaces
Having light and dark spots in an uneven pattern
Having patches or streaks of different colors
Marked with small spots or patches of a different color
Having spots or patches of a different color
Covered with many small spots of a different color
Having many small brown spots on skin or other things
Having small spots on the surface
Something that has uneven spots like stains
Marked with irregular spots of a different color
Marked with spots or stains, for example on cloth
Marked with small drops of liquid like paint or mud
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
Marked by many small dark spots left by flies
Antonyms
How Patchy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Splotchy comes from the informal word splotch, a word for a messy 'spot' or blot of colour that sounds like a quick 'splash'. So, something splotchy looks 'patchy' and uneven, with irregular spots or blotches.