bespatteringn.
The action of covering with spots of mud, or the like, thrown at an object; or (figurative) with abuse.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [noun]
balec1220
ordurec1390
revile1439
brawlingc1440
railing1466
opprobry?a1475
revilingc1475
vituperation1481
vituper1484
vitupery1489
convicy1526
abusion?1530
blasphemation1533
pelta1540
oblatration?1552
words of mischief1555
abuse1559
inveighing1568
invection1590
revilement1590
invective1602
opprobration1623
invecture1633
thunder and lightning1638
raillery1669
rattlinga1677
blackguarding1742
pillory1770
slang1805
slangwhanging1809
bullyragging1820
slanging1856
bespattering1862
bespatterment1870
bad-mouthing1939
bad mouth1947
slagging1956
flak1968
verbal1970
handbagging1987
pelters1992
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > splashing or spattering with wet substance
bespraying1593
bespattling1611
slabbering1611
bespattering1862
a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) iv. 168 The bespattering our Neighbour's good name.
1862 Sat. Rev. 5 July 4 Pitching the filthiest mud that he could find..and naturally receiving a liberal bespattering in return.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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