Synonyms of daubing

daubing

verb

present participle of daub

1

as in staining

to make dirty

a tablecloth daubed with too many spills to ignore any longer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• staining
• blackening
• dirtying
• messing
• mucking
• smudging
• soiling
• besmirching
• sullying
• muddying
• griming
• befouling
• smirching
• miring
• distaining
• begriming
• fouling
• contaminating
• polluting
• bemiring
• gauming
• defiling
• tainting
• disarranging
• discoloring
• jumbling
• muddling
• draggling
• dishevelling
• disordering
• disarraying
• disheveling
• crocking
• confusing
• collying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cleaning
• cleansing
• purging
• wiping
• purifying
• brushing
• washing
• scrubbing
• decontaminating
• sweeping
• dusting
• disinfecting
• mopping
• rinsing
• scouring
• sanitizing
• laundering
• renewing
• brightening
• freshening
• straightening (up)
• tidying (up)
• deodorizing
• dry-cleaning
• sprucing (up)

2

as in smearing

to rub an oily or sticky substance over

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smearing
• painting
• coating
• plastering
• anointing
• staining
• bedaubing
• besmearing
• smudging
• oiling
• greasing
• dirtying
• tarring
• soiling
• mucking
• blackening
• besmirching
• gumming
• larding
• sullying
• befouling
• muddying
• miring
• fouling
• griming
• pitching
• smirching
• gauming
• begriming
• bemiring