Synonyms for daub
dɔbdaub

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. daub

   Whatever mars the beauty or completeness of an object is a blemish, whether original, as squinting eyes, or the result of accident or disease, etc., as the pits of smallpox. A blemish is superficial; a flaw or taint is in structure or substance. In the moral sense, we speak of a blot or stain upon reputation; a flaw or taint in character. A defect is the want or lack of something; fault, primarily a failing, is something that fails of an apparent intent or disappoints a natural expectation; thus a sudden dislocation or displacement of geological strata is called a fault. Figuratively, a blemish comes from one's own ill-doing; a brand or stigma is inflicted by others; as, the brand of infamy.

   Synonyms:
   blemish, blot, blur, brand, crack, defacement, defect, deformity, dent, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, fault, flaw, imperfection, injury, reproach, smirch, soil, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. daubnoun

   material used to daub walls

   Synonyms:
   smear, spot, blot, slur, smudge, smirch

2. smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slurnoun

   a blemish made by dirt

   "he had a smudge on his cheek"

   Synonyms:
   smudge, bit, patch, dapple, office, speckle, pip, touch, cytosmear, place, smear, aspersion, fleck, cytologic smear, maculation, slur, post, stain, malignment, position, smirch, vilification, billet, blot, spotlight, spot, point, situation, berth, topographic point

3. daubverb

   an unskillful painting

   Synonyms:
   smear, spot, blot, slur, smudge, smirch

4. plaster, daubverb

   coat with plaster

   "daub the wall"

   Synonyms:
   smear, stick on, plaster, poultice, beplaster, plaster over

5. daubverb

   apply to a surface

   "daub paint onto the wall"

   Synonyms:
   smear, plaster

6. daub, smearverb

   cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

   "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"

   Synonyms:
   smear, smudge, blur, asperse, plaster, defame, denigrate, slander, calumniate, smutch, smirch, sully, besmirch

Matched Categories

1. • Apply
   • Blemish
   • Clay
   • Coat
   • Masonry

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. daubverb

   Synonyms:
   smear, besmear, plaster, cover, bedaub, begrime

2. daubnoun

   Synonyms:
   coarse painting

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. daubverb

   Synonyms:
   smear, bedaub, besmear, soil, sully

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