MOTTLING Synonyms

• having spots or patches of color

• having a pattern of dots

• relating to or covered with or resembling freckles

• patterned with veins or streaks or color resembling marble

• having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)

• a small contrasting part of something

• produce a mottled effect

• mark with small spots

• engrave by means of dots and flicks

• make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink

• apply (paint) in small dots or strokes

• produce a mottled effect

• an irregularly shaped spot

• mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

• any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible

• a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude

• out of touch with reality

• a cause of worry or gloom or trouble

• suspicion affecting your reputation

• a group of many things in the air or on the ground

• make overcast or cloudy

• make less visible or unclear

• billow up in the form of a cloud

• make gloomy or depressed

• place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

• make less clear

• colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

• make milky or dull

• a small contrasting part of something

• colour with streaks or blotches of different shades

• an unbroken series of events

• a distinctive characteristic

• a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background

• a sudden flash (as of lightning)

• move quickly in a straight line

• run naked in a public place

• mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained