dappled

dappled
Synonyms and related words:
Quaker-colored, acier, amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, ashen, ashy, blended, calico, canescent, cinereous, cinerous, clouded, combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, conglomerate, dapple, dapple-gray, dappled-gray, dingy, discolor, dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray, dreary, dull, dusty, eclectic, equivocal, fifty-fifty, glaucescent, glaucous, gray, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored, gray-drab, gray-green, gray-spotted, gray-toned, gray-white, grayed, grayish, griseous, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, half-and-half, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, intricate, iron-gray, ironic, jumbled, lead-gray, leaden, livid, many-sided, marbled, medley, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, motley, mottled, mouse-colored, mouse-gray, mousy, multicolor, multicolored, multifaceted, multihued, multinational, multiracial, parti-colored, patchy, pearl, pearl-gray, pearly, pepper-and-salt, piebald, pied, pinto, pluralistic, promiscuous, sad, scrambled, silver, silver-gray, silvered, silvery, skewbald, slate-colored, slaty, smoke-gray, smoky, sober, somber, steel-gray, steely, stone-colored, syncretic, taupe, thrown together, varicolored, varied, versicolor, versicolored

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  • dappled — *variegated, parti colored, motley, checkered, checked, pied, piebald, skewbald, freaked …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • dappled — [adj] mottled, freckled brindle, brindled, checkered, discolored, flecked, motley, multicolor, multicolored, multihued, parti colored, piebald, pied, speckled, spotted, stippled, varicolored, variegated, versicolor, versicolored; concept 618 Ant …   New thesaurus

  • dappled — [[t]dæ̱p(ə)ld[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n, v link ADJ with/by/in n You use dappled to describe something that has dark or light patches on it, or that is made up of patches of light and shade. ...a dappled horse... Sometimes I carry a book out under the pear …   English dictionary

  • Dappled — Dapple Dap ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dappled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dappling}.] To variegate with spots; to spot. [1913 Webster] The gentle day, . . . Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak. [1913 Webster] The dappled pink and blushing rose …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dappled — dap|pled [ dæpld ] adjective 1. ) covered with or forming areas of lighter and darker color or light and shadow: the dappled sunlight of the forest 2. ) a dappled horse or other animal has a coat with spots of different colors …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • dappled — UK [ˈdæp(ə)ld] / US adjective 1) covered with or forming areas of lighter and darker colour or light and shadow the dappled sunlight of the forest 2) a dappled horse or other animal has a coat with spots of different colours on it …   English dictionary

  • Dappled — Dapple Dap ple, Dappled Dap pled, a. Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse. [1913 Webster] Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] Note: The word is used in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dappled — also dapple adjective Date: 15th century marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background < a dappled fawn > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • dappled — adj. Dappled is used with these nouns: ↑shade, ↑sunlight …   Collocations dictionary

  • dappled — dap|pled [ˈdæpəld] adj marked with spots of colour, light, or shade ▪ the dappled shade of the trees …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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