mottled
Covered in patches or spots of different colours.
mottled in a sentence
- The frog's mottled skin blended perfectly with the muddy, leaf-strewn pond.
- The pony's mottled coat was dappled with grey and white patches like little clouds.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to mottled?
- Aspotted
- Bplain
- Csmooth
- Deven
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A: spotted. The other three mean the opposite of mottled.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to mottled?
- Apatchy
- Bplain
- Cspotted
- Dblotchy
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B: plain. The other three mean nearly the same as mottled.
Words that mean something similar
spotted, patchy, blotchy
Words that mean the opposite
plain, even, smooth
More words about appearance & looks
- opulent: Very grand and expensive-looking.
- ornate: Decorated with lots of fancy patterns and details.
- ostentatious: Showy in a way that is meant to impress other people.
- outlandish: Very strange and unusual, almost unbelievable.
- parallel: Side by side and always the same distance apart, never meeting.
- peculiar: Strange or unusual.
- preen: To tidy and admire your own appearance.
- pristine: Perfectly clean and unspoilt, like new.
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