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Daub

🔄 Synonyms of "Daub"

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
slurnoun	An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
blotnoun	A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
spotnoun	A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
smirchnoun	(figurative, archaic) A stain on somebody's reputation.
smearnoun	(transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
plasternoun	(uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
smudgenoun	To obscure by blurring; to smear.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Daub"

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Word	Definition
plasternoun	(uncountable) A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
spotnoun	A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
smearnoun	(transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
blotnoun	A blemish, spot or stain made by a coloured substance.
smudgenoun	To obscure by blurring; to smear.
smirchnoun	(figurative, archaic) A stain on somebody's reputation.
slurnoun	An extremely offensive and socially unacceptable term targeted at a group of people (such as an ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.).
wattlenoun	A construction of branches and twigs woven together to form a wall, barrier, fence, or roof.
blobnoun	A shapeless or amorphous mass; a vague shape or amount, especially of a liquid or semisolid substance; a clump, group or collection that lacks definite shape.
dawbnoun	Archaic form of daub. [Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.]
daubsternoun	A dauber (unskillful painter).
dauberynoun	A daubing; specious colouring; false pretenses.
dawbingnoun	Archaic form of daubing. [Something daubed, such as graffiti.]
badigeonnoun	(dated) A cement or paste (often made with plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors and builders to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.
wattle-and-daubnoun	Alternative spelling of wattle and daub. [A structure of interwoven branches and twigs plastered with mud, clay or dung, used in the construction of dwellings, especially as infill in a half-timbered wall]
dawbernoun	Archaic form of dauber. [(derogatory) One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.]
dobbernoun	(Australia, UK, derogatory) One who dobs (someone) (informs against them or implicates them to authority).
daffnoun	A fool; an idiot; a blockhead.
dirt-daubernoun	(obsolete) A common labourer who makes mud walls.
dabbernoun	A thing or person that dabs.