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daub
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of DAUB
1
to make dirty <a tablecloth daubed with too many spills to ignore any longer>
Synonyms befoul, begrime, bemire, besmirch, blacken, daub, distain [archaic], foul, gaum [dialect], grime, mire, muck, muddy, smirch, smudge, soil, stain, sully
Related Words contaminate, defile, pollute, taint; discolor; confuse, disarrange, disarray, dishevel, disorder, draggle, jumble, mess, muddle; colly [chiefly British dialect], crock [dialect]
2
to rub an oily or sticky substance over <he begins his nightly transformation into a circus clown by daubing greasepaint on his face>
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