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
Lagomarsini slathered the oxtails with the glaze, which was dangerously sticky.
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Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Our Test Kitchen turned this classic dessert into a rich vanilla ice cream slathered with homemade strawberry sauce.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
Layer some slices of cooked tempeh onto whole-grain toast slathered with ripe avocado.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 14 Apr. 2026
Frankie slathered a plain Italian roll with Cheez Whiz, just like his father liked to do.
—Danielle Paquette The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026
The Predators slathered on a fifth goal just after their power play expired, Ryan Ufko’s stretch pass sprung Tyson Jost.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
My Proustian madeleine is a sandwich comprised of walnut butter, cream cheese, and Medjool date jam slathered on thick slices of black bread.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
Elote slathered with kewpie mayo, lime, chile, cotija and a sprinkling of furikake.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
Kia slathered the center console of the EV6 with this plastic.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 5 Mar. 2026
Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Our Test Kitchen turned this classic dessert into a rich vanilla ice cream slathered with homemade strawberry sauce.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
Layer some slices of cooked tempeh onto whole-grain toast slathered with ripe avocado.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 14 Apr. 2026
Frankie slathered a plain Italian roll with Cheez Whiz, just like his father liked to do.
—Danielle Paquette The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026
The Predators slathered on a fifth goal just after their power play expired, Ryan Ufko’s stretch pass sprung Tyson Jost.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
My Proustian madeleine is a sandwich comprised of walnut butter, cream cheese, and Medjool date jam slathered on thick slices of black bread.
—Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
Elote slathered with kewpie mayo, lime, chile, cotija and a sprinkling of furikake.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
Kia slathered the center console of the EV6 with this plastic.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slathered
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Greenhaven had racked up years of health violations, including from letting untrained workers administer medications, lacking enough employees to care for people with dementia, and neglecting a resident who smeared feces over his body, bed, floor, and bathroom, the notice said.—
Jordan Rau,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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Many told me the liberal media had smeared them as racists, xenophobes and misogynists.—
Nataliya Gumenyuk,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
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The burial ground and temple were unearthed when someone tried to build a drainage channel for a modern house; to prevent the dampness of visitors’ breath from damaging the extraordinary artworks daubed on the walls, entry is limited to 80 people per day.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
25 Feb. 2026
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The Place de la République in Paris was daubed in swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans last Sunday after a neo-Nazi rally, and offices of France Unbowed have been attacked.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Slathered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slathered. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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