as in gaudy
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as in smeared
to rub an oily or sticky substance over
the toddler delightedly bedaubed herself with her mother's makeup
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Adjective
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The fabled East Wing is gone, the Rose Garden has been paved over for a gaudy, Mar-a-Lago-like patio, and now there’s a mixed martial arts cage on the South Lawn.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
10 June 2026 -
Thanks to gaudy numbers, the South Carolina recruit rarely sees a lot of pitches to hit.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Hardware stores were the best venue for cheap glues, glazes, and epoxies, which could be smeared, stuffed, and sanded into every crack and crevice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Dec. 2025
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We were laughed at, smeared, called hysterical.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Divine is a garish spectacle in all the best ways.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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Her music owned up to being horny, garish, and superficial, but could scan as thin or cheap when held up to other kinds of ethical or political scrutiny.—
Harry Tafoya,
Pitchfork,
2 June 2026
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Washington — Fifty stars painted on deep blue next to seven red and white stripes will take the skies this summer on two United Airlines planes.—
Alexandra Skores,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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The painting was part of an exhibition called Eden, which closed June 6, and included portraits of Black people painted in green.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
15 June 2026
Adjective
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Each composition, cut, and camera move is expressive and carefully selected, and the lighting by cinematographer Ellen Kuras is beautiful without feeling self-conscious or showy.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
10 June 2026
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Loved for their large, fragrant, and showy flowers, peonies (Paeonia) are popular for floral arrangements and flower gardens.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
25 May 2026
Verb
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Regions like Brittany and Bordeaux have their own distinctive baking traditions, with buttery treats that come shaped like bicycle wheels or coated in beeswax.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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When Rob Mango moved into a loft on Duane Street in 1977, his neighbors were Richard Serra and dairy-and-egg wholesalers with warehouse floors coated in yolks and grime.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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For those who know the play well, some of Mantello’s choices are most striking, especially the horror here of the famous hotel-room scene with a tawdry lover (brutally played by Katherine Romans), an act born of loneliness that destroys a father’s relationship with his son forever.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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And there’s something offensively tawdry that all of this is in mere service of extracting rent.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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With a dedicated press corps covering the team, the Football Association provided a swanky workroom for reporters (including those in Kansas City).—
Pete Grathoff
June 14,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
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Nearly every surface and appliance was curvilinear, hinting at Gaudí and also at swanky mid-century hotels and restaurants.—
Bruce Handy,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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“Bedaubed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedaubed. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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