Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mottle

2 senses of mottle

Sense 1
mottle, streak, blotch -- (mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained)
       => color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in -- (add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film")

Sense 2
mottle, dapple, cloud -- (colour with streaks or blotches of different shades)
       => spot -- (mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify")

Antonyms of adj mottled

1 sense of mottled

Sense 1
dappled, mottled -- (having spots or patches of color)

INDIRECT (VIA patterned) -> plain, unpatterned -- (lacking patterns especially in color)

Similarity of adj mottled

1 sense of mottled

Sense 1
dappled, mottled -- (having spots or patches of color)
       => patterned (vs. plain) -- (having patterns (especially colorful patterns))

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