SPOTTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spotted mean? • SPOTTED (adjective)
The adjective SPOTTED has 2 senses:
1. having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)
2. especially of reputation
Familiarity information: SPOTTED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SPOTTED (adjective)
Meaning:
Having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)
Synonyms:
spotted; spotty; patched; black-and-white
Context examples:
a field patched with ice and snow / the wall had a spotty speckled effect / a black-and-white spotted cow
Similar:
patterned (having patterns (especially colorful patterns))
Meaning:
Especially of reputation
Synonyms:
besmirched; tarnished; sullied; tainted; spotted; stained; flyblown; damaged
Context examples:
the senator's seriously damaged reputation / a flyblown reputation / a tarnished reputation / inherited a spotted name
Similar:
blemished (marred by imperfections)
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