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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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Verb
  • On rare occasions, after a heavy bout of winter rains, the landscape in spring will burst with Mexican poppies — droplets of sunshine splattered on a canvas of golf-course green.
    Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
  • People used the app to generate fake videos of women being strangled or splattered with mysterious white goo, people committing crimes, and public figures wearing Nazi-like uniforms.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Firefighters made a hole with an axe just above the entrance to let the thick black smoke flow out and to avoid breaking the eight stained glass windows along the sides of the structure.
    Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Think soft yellow hues, floral motifs, and colorful stained glass.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • News reports gleefully described his six houses, his sixteen Chinese servants, his lavish parties, his $2,000 cashmere suits, and his twelve cars—one of which was a champagne-pink Cadillac with his name splashed across the side in neon lights.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • But on July 7, 2019, his cables were leaked and splashed on the front page of Britain’s Mail on Sunday.
    Susan Page, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • To gently ease into the longer, brighter days ahead, try our dill-flecked, lighter-and-brighter take on chicken and biscuits.
    Editors of Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Behind them a young man with a paint-flecked beard followed the designer about the set, twitching the hem of the velvet curtains hung at the window and rearranging the ornaments on the mantelpiece.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In the den, blood was found spattered on the walls and computer desk.
    Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Enterprising group member Freddy (Delaney Quinn) spots the paperback Josh was reading in the trash bin, spattered in blood.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026
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“Bespattered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bespattered. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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