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bespattered

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verb

past tense of bespatter
as in splattered
to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy vehicle after passing vehicle bespattered the sides of my once-clean car with that wintry slush

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bespattered
Adjective
  • Cover the stained area with the paste, and rub it in with a sponge.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 19 July 2026
  • Victorian mansions that survived great storms and eras of change take up whole blocks, colossal buildings with stained glass windows and towering turrets.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • The bathroom had blood splattered on the wall, so hospital staff asked a janitor to clean it.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • An unusually silent home, a room splattered with blood and an open window missing its screen.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 29 July 2026
Adjective
  • The mixture of scalloped burl and flecked marble give this console table some compelling texture.
    Nora Taylor, Architectural Digest, 23 July 2026
  • In the center, a cluster of tortellini lounged in a pool of truffle-flecked butter sauce.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • Even the band’s Interscope debut, 1991’s Sailing the Seas of Cheese, only splashed a thin layer of lacquer onto an ugly, unruly beast.
    Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The retreat debuts on the heels of a Dioriveria pop-up boutique at the Belmond property that splashed down there earlier this summer.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • Instead, Dulai had been clearly beaten and blood was spattered around the room.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
  • Crime scene technicians called in to help execute a search warrant reported observing blood spattered all over Mao’s bedroom, and a machete and two dumbbells stained with blood.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
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“Bespattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bespattered. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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