blotched

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adjective

ˈblächt 

: marked or marred with blotches or irregular spots : covered with blotches

blotched skin

It was a blotched, stained, mouldering room …

—Charles Dickens

His rumpled grey hair stood up above his forehead like the crest of an angry bird, and the leather-brown of his veined cheeks was blotched with red.

—Edith Wharton

blotched

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past tense and past participle of blotch entry 1

Synonyms of blotched

Adjective

• colored
• blotchy
• spotted
• stained
• colorful
• marbled
• pied
• splotched
• mottled
• pinto

Examples of blotched in a Sentence

Adjective

a blotched black-and-white rabbit

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

The whole rug needs to get wet or colors in the fiber could migrate and result in a blotched look. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1604, in the meaning defined above