What does bespattered mean?
Bespattered means simple past and past participle of bespatter.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
simple past and past participle of bespatter.
She had been even bespattered with praise, so abundantly had it been showered upon her;
Soon King-of-the-Sky appeared sauntering, mud-bespattered, through Leeward Village, the shotgun on his shoulder and the sandpiper swinging in his hand.
Use bespattered when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bespattered means simple past and past participle of bespatter.
Common synonyms include dirty, soiled, spattered, unclean.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She had been even bespattered with praise, so abundantly had it been showered upon her;
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