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
Grab a package and enjoy them as-is or crumble them over a mini rice bowl or some rice cakes slathered with peanut butter.
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Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 26 Feb. 2026
Advertisement Peptides can be found in skincare products that are consumed or slathered on the skin, such as collagen supplements and creams.
—Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Multigrain bread, defrosted in the toaster, slathered with the dry dredges of a jar of almond butter.
—Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Feb. 2026
The only thing better than a creamy, cheesy, citrus, and spice slathered cob of corn otherwise known as Elote, is all those ingredients on a crisp pizza crust.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
There’s nary a crease to be seen in Bina Daigeler’s costumes, all covetable, unapproachable and tailored to the gods; Matthew Herbert’s score may be among the lushest ever slathered over such horrible goings-on.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
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.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 30 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
Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 26 Feb. 2026
Advertisement Peptides can be found in skincare products that are consumed or slathered on the skin, such as collagen supplements and creams.
—Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
Multigrain bread, defrosted in the toaster, slathered with the dry dredges of a jar of almond butter.
—Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Feb. 2026
The only thing better than a creamy, cheesy, citrus, and spice slathered cob of corn otherwise known as Elote, is all those ingredients on a crisp pizza crust.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 20 Feb. 2026
There’s nary a crease to be seen in Bina Daigeler’s costumes, all covetable, unapproachable and tailored to the gods; Matthew Herbert’s score may be among the lushest ever slathered over such horrible goings-on.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
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.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 30 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slathered
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Grainy mustard smeared on a chunk of corned beef is delicious too.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Mar. 2026
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Cops called to the scene found blood smeared on the stairwell from the third floor to the second, and more blood smeared on the walls in the second-floor hallway.—
Rebecca White,
New York Daily News,
28 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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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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“Slathered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slathered. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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