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daubed

verb , past tense of daub

Synonyms and Antonyms of daubed

1 to make dirty

a tablecloth daubed with too many spills to ignore any longer

Synonyms of daubed

befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, blackened, dirtied, distained [archaic], fouled, gaumed [dialect], grimed, mired, mucked, muddied, smirched, smudged, soiled, stained, sullied

Words Related to daubed

contaminated, defiled, polluted, tainted

confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, draggled, jumbled, messed, muddled

collied [chiefly British dialect], crocked [dialect]

Near Antonyms of daubed

decontaminated, purged, purified

disinfected, sanitized

brushed, dry-cleaned, dusted, laundered, mopped, rinsed, scoured, scrubbed, swept, washed, wiped

brightened, deodorized, freshened, renewed, spruced (up)

straightened (up), tidied (up)

Antonyms of daubed

cleaned, cleansed

2 to rub an oily or sticky substance over

he begins his nightly transformation into a circus clown by daubing greasepaint on his face

Synonyms of daubed

anointed, bedaubed, besmeared, smeared

Words Related to daubed

coated, painted, plastered

gummed, larded, pitched, tarred

befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, blackened, dirtied, fouled, gaumed [dialect], grimed, mired, mucked, muddied, smirched, smudged, soiled, stained, sullied

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