as in smeared
to put a thick layer of a liquid, cream, etc. over (something)
We ate lobster slathered with butter. She slathered her skin with sunscreen.
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Recent Examples of slathered
Hot roast beef Manhattans consist of generous mounds of cooked roast beef slices served on either plain or toasted bread slices with an accompanying scoop of mashed potatoes, all of it slathered in brown gravy.
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Let cool for 5 minutes, and enjoy warm, slathered with the Calabrian Chile Honey Butter and/or drizzled with honey.
—Hailee Catalano, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Jan. 2026
Chef Jose Avila has served the Pambazo de Carnitas — the bread slathered and marinated in a red guajillo chili sauce — for six years, first from his food truck and since 2021 at his flagship Denver restaurant, La Diabla Pozole y Mezcal.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026
Joo set up a table in the corner of La Sorted’s kitchen, firing flatbreads for sandwiches in the oven, some slathered with his pesto and mortadella, others with marinated meats from Korean destination Soban.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Hosts slathered cubes of bread with butter and cheese and baked them until toasty.
—Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
Derek Hinkey’s character, the Shoshone warrior Red Feather, is almost always frowning at white settlers, looking undeniably foreboding with his face slathered in black paint and galloping on horseback into battle.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
It is often topped with crispy and raw onions, slathered with piquant sauces (including rémoulade and sweet brown mustard), and served on a toasted bun.
—Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2025
There are few opportunities in life to wax lyrical about a ham sandwich, but the hot toasty at Mamiche (which arrives slathered in butter on a pillow-soft brioche) is the exception—the chocolate babka is also very good.
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2025
Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Let cool for 5 minutes, and enjoy warm, slathered with the Calabrian Chile Honey Butter and/or drizzled with honey.
—Hailee Catalano, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Jan. 2026
Chef Jose Avila has served the Pambazo de Carnitas — the bread slathered and marinated in a red guajillo chili sauce — for six years, first from his food truck and since 2021 at his flagship Denver restaurant, La Diabla Pozole y Mezcal.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026
Joo set up a table in the corner of La Sorted’s kitchen, firing flatbreads for sandwiches in the oven, some slathered with his pesto and mortadella, others with marinated meats from Korean destination Soban.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Hosts slathered cubes of bread with butter and cheese and baked them until toasty.
—Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
Derek Hinkey’s character, the Shoshone warrior Red Feather, is almost always frowning at white settlers, looking undeniably foreboding with his face slathered in black paint and galloping on horseback into battle.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
It is often topped with crispy and raw onions, slathered with piquant sauces (including rémoulade and sweet brown mustard), and served on a toasted bun.
—Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2025
There are few opportunities in life to wax lyrical about a ham sandwich, but the hot toasty at Mamiche (which arrives slathered in butter on a pillow-soft brioche) is the exception—the chocolate babka is also very good.
—Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slathered
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Their clothes are smeared with mud, symbolizing the earthy, devotional spirit of the journey.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Elliot has a bloody nose, a mouth smeared with lipstick and is wearing a frilly pink bra and pants.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2026
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Ryvchin, whose former home was daubed with antisemitic language and cars were set alight earlier this year, said both Australia’s federal government and provincial leaders in the state of New South Wales had failed to act on proposals to curb antisemitic violence.—
Katie Silver,
NBC news,
25 Dec. 2025
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The walls at the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami are daubed with rosy-red pigment from the Cochineal, a cactus-dwelling insect her mother would harvest and sell in her hometown of Ayacucho, Peru.—
Douglas Markowitz,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Slathered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slathered. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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