as in smeared
to rub an oily or sticky substance over
the toddler delightedly bedaubed herself with her mother's makeup
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bedaubed
Adjective
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At the time, unnatural hair color was considered gaudy, a threat to the beloved ingenue aesthetic boasted by female stars such as Audrey Hepburn.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
30 June 2025 -
But Oklahoma City engulfs basketball’s gaudiest attacks not in spite of its hacking but because of it.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
Verb
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Many young men, rightly or wrongly, feel like they too are being painted with a broad brush.—
Donie O'Sullivan,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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The brick back wall is painted blue.—
Jeffrey Seller,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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While a Daiquiri is snappy, the Daisy de Santiago is garish.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
11 July 2025
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Here, as elsewhere, the president is taking an existing elite failing to its garish extreme.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2025
Verb
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The outer surfaces were then sanded, covered with rice paper, coated, painted, and polished to a smooth hydrodynamic finish.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
25 Dec. 2024
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The mac and cheese is coated with buttery bubbly cheese and is just as comforting for these colder months.—
Kaitlyn Rosati,
New York Daily News,
25 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Netflix shows can do the same thing even with a binge model — but Pulse simply isn’t the same kind of big, showy event series as a Wednesday or Squid Game or even Department Q.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
11 July 2025
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But now’s the time to go to the prairie to see this showy plant in its full regalia.—
Sheryl DeVore,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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After everything else the bawdy, tawdry, and perfectly ludicrous The Hunting Wives serves up in its first season, the series’s final act is an embarrassment of riches.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
22 July 2025
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Then there’s the cup holder cover, a small detail, which is tawdry and lets the expensive-feeling cabin down a bit.—
Matthew MacConnell,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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In the film’s best scene, Lucy and Harry sit across from each other at a swank restaurant, negotiating their transition into something more serious.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
12 June 2025
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It's performed in the round at the intimate Circle in the Square Theatre, which has been transformed into a swank nightclub with two separate stages and table seating.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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The brands that stand out aren’t louder—they’re the ones willing to hand something over.—
Stephanie Gravalese,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Attempt to frighten away coyotes by making loud noises (e.g., shouting, air horn) and acting aggressively (e.g., waving your arms, throwing sticks, spraying with a hose).—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
14 July 2025
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“Bedaubed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedaubed. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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