What is another word for maculate?
259 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ mˈakjʊlət], [ mˈakjʊlət], [ m_ˈa_k_j_ʊ_l_ə_t]
Maculate is a word that means to taint or defile something by staining or marking it. There are many synonyms for this word, including blemish, stain, spot, smudge, blot, mark, discolor, and sully. Each of these words suggests a slightly different type of imperfection, from a small and barely noticeable stain to a larger and more noticeable blemish. Depending on the context, one synonym may be more appropriate than another. For example, you might use the word "blot" to describe a mark on a piece of paper, while "sully" might be better suited to describing a person's reputation that has been damaged by scandal.
Synonyms for Maculate:
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adj.
• mottled • speckled • all -
v.
• defile • fleck • soil • spot Other relevant words:
- Bedraggling ,
- Begriming ,
- Bespattering ,
- Bespeckled ,
- Besprinkled ,
- Besprinkling ,
- Crumbed ,
- Crumbing ,
- Maculated ,
- Messed ,
- Messing ,
- Muddying ,
- Peppered ,
- Peppering ,
- Specking ,
- Studding ,
- Tarred ,
- Tarring ,
- Tars ,
- Trashed ,
- bedraggle ,
- begrime ,
- begrimed ,
- begrimes ,
- bespatter ,
- bespattered ,
- bespeckle ,
- besprinkle ,
- besprinkles ,
- blotched ,
- blotching ,
- defile ,
- fleck ,
- grimed ,
- griming ,
- make foul ,
- marbles ,
- marbling ,
- molest ,
- muck up ,
- mucked ,
- mucked up ,
- mucking ,
- muddied ,
- muddies ,
- muss up ,
- mussed up ,
- pepper ,
- peppers ,
- pimpled ,
- pollute ,
- scuzz up ,
- soil ,
- soiled ,
- specked ,
- splotched ,
- splotching ,
- spot ,
- spotted ,
- striping ,
- studded ,
- tar ,
- tarnishes .
- Begrease ,
- Beslime ,
- Bestain ,
- Daggle ,
- Distain ,
- Drabble ,
- Draggle ,
- Flyspeck ,
- Freckle-faced ,
- Freckly ,
- Pocky ,
- Punctated ,
- Slubber ,
- Splotchy ,
- abject ,
- adulterate ,
- asperse ,
- asphyxiate ,
- attaint ,
- back up ,
- band ,
- bar ,
- belittle ,
- bemire ,
- besmear ,
- besmirch ,
- besmirched ,
- bespangle ,
- bespangled ,
- bespot ,
- blacken ,
- blot ,
- blotch ,
- blotchy ,
- blur ,
- calumniate ,
- cheap ,
- check ,
- checker ,
- choke ,
- choke off ,
- clog ,
- clog up ,
- cloud ,
- congest ,
- contaminate ,
- corrupt ,
- dabble ,
- dapple ,
- darken ,
- darkened ,
- daub ,
- debase ,
- defame ,
- denigrate ,
- despicable ,
- dingy ,
- dirt ,
- discolor ,
- disgusting ,
- dot ,
- dotted ,
- dotty ,
- filthy ,
- flake ,
- flea-bitten ,
- flecked ,
- fox ,
- freckle ,
- freckled ,
- grimy ,
- grubby ,
- indecent ,
- infect ,
- injure ,
- iris ,
- leaven ,
- low ,
- macular ,
- made unclean ,
- make impure ,
- make unclean ,
- marble ,
- marbleize ,
- mark ,
- motley ,
- mottle ,
- mucky ,
- muddy ,
- nasty ,
- obstruct ,
- patchy ,
- pocked ,
- pockmarked ,
- pointillistic ,
- polka-dot ,
- roil ,
- seamy ,
- seedy ,
- shabby ,
- slander ,
- slaver ,
- smear ,
- smirch ,
- smirched ,
- smoke ,
- smudge ,
- smutch ,
- sordid ,
- spangle ,
- spangled ,
- spatter ,
- spattered ,
- speck ,
- speckled ,
- splash ,
- splashed ,
- splatter ,
- splattered ,
- splotch ,
- spoil ,
- spotty ,
- sprinkle ,
- sprinkled ,
- squalid ,
- stain ,
- stained ,
- stifle ,
- stigmatize ,
- stipple ,
- stippled ,
- streak ,
- streaky ,
- striate ,
- stripe ,
- stud ,
- sullied ,
- taint ,
- tainted ,
- tattoo ,
- tessellate ,
- unchaste ,
- unvirtuous ,
- variegate ,
- vein ,
- violate ,
- vitiate .
How to use "Maculate" in context?
Maculate is a noun that means "filthy, unclean." In Medicine, maculate means to have a general appearance of being stained with mud, blood, or other filth. It is also used to describe a mass or lump that has the appearance of being heavily stained.
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