maculate as a verb: - 1
- 2
as an adjective: - 1
- 2
maculate
verb
1 maculate
Make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically.
synonyms: defile, stain, sully, tarnish.
Roget 440:
be variegated
etc.
adj.;
variegate,
stripe,
streak,
checker,
chequer;
bespeckle†,
speckle;
besprinkle,
sprinkle;
stipple,
maculate,
dot,
bespot†;
tattoo,
inlay,
damascene;
embroider,
braid,
quilt.
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Roget 653:
be unclean,
become unclean
etc.
adj.;
rot,
putrefy,
ferment,
fester,
rankle,
reek;
stink
etc.
401;
mold,
molder;
go bad
etc.
adj..
render unclean
etc.
adj.;
dirt,
dirty;
daub,
blot,
blur,
smudge,
smutch†,
soil,
smoke,
tarnish,
slaver,
spot,
smear;
smirch;
begrease†;
dabble,
drabble†,
draggle,
daggle†;
spatter,
slubber;
besmear
&c.,
bemire,
beslime†,
begrime,
befoul;
splash,
stain,
distain†,
maculate,
sully,
pollute,
defile,
debase,
contaminate,
taint,
leaven;
corrupt
etc.
(injure)
659;
cover with dust
etc.
n.;
drabble in the mud†;
roil.
wallow in the mire;
slobber,
slabber†.
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Dutch: bezoedelen, bevuilen
2 maculate
adjective
1 maculate
Morally blemished; stained or impure.
synonym: defiled.
2 maculate
Moby thesaurus: besmirched, bespangled, bespeckled, blotched, blotchy, defiled, dotted, dotty, flea-bitten, flecked, fleckered, frecked, freckle-faced, freckled, freckly, impure, indecent, macular, maculated, patchy, peppered, pocked, pockmarked, pocky, pointille, pointillistic, polka-dot, punctated, smirched, soiled, spangled, spattered, specked, speckled, speckledy, speckly, splashed, splattered, splotched, splotchy, spotted, spotty, sprinkled, stippled, studded, sullied, tainted, unchaste, unclean, unvirginal, unvirtuous ... show more.
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