Bespatter

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bespatter \Be*spat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bespattered}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Bespattering}.]
     1. To soil by spattering; to sprinkle, esp. with dirty water,
        mud, or anything which will leave foul spots or stains.
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     2. To asperse with calumny or reproach.
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              Whom never faction could bespatter.   --Swift.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bespatter
       v : spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with
           food" [syn: {spatter}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "bespatter":
     asperge, asperse, attaint, bedabble, bedew, befoul, besmirch,
     bespot, besprinkle, blacken, blot, blow upon, brand, call names,
     censure, dabble, damp, dampen, dash, defame, defile, denigrate,
     dew, disapprove, disparage, douche, engage in personalities,
     expose, expose to infamy, gibbet, hang in effigy, heap dirt upon,
     hose, hose down, humect, humectate, humidify, irrigate, moisten,
     muckrake, paddle, pillory, reprimand, revile, slander, slobber,
     slop, slosh, slur, smear, smirch, soil, sparge, spatter, splash,
     splatter, splotch, sponge, spot, spray, sprinkle, stain,
     stigmatize, sully, swash, syringe, taint, tarnish, throw mud at,
     traduce, vilify, water, wet, wet down