dabbled
The word “dabbled” has 2 syllables: dab-bled
It's pronounced as /ˈdæbəld/
What is synonym and antonym for dabbled?
In the thesaurus, “dabbled” has 34 synonyms and 13 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for dabbled along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for dabbled
- amused
- cavorted
- dallied
- dawdled
- delighted
- disported
- diverted
- entertained
- frisked
- frolicked
- gamboled
- gambolled
- goldbricked
- hanged
- hung
- hung about
- idled
- jested
- joked
- loafed
- messed around
- played
- pleased
- recreated
- relaxed
- rested
- rollicked
- romped
- screwed around
- skylarked
- sported
- teased
- toyed
- trifled
Antonyms for dabbled
- drudged
- labored
- plodded
- slaved
- strained
- strived
- strove
- struggled
- sweat
- sweated
- toiled
- worked
- wrought
Meanings of dabbled
- verb
- To make slightly wet or soiled by spattering or sprinkling a liquid (such as water, mud, or paint) on it; to bedabble.
- To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.
- To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
- To interfere or meddle in; to tamper with.
Example Sentences
- The artist dabbled in abstract painting before finding her signature style.
- Over the years, he dabbled in various musical genres, from jazz to rock.
- The researcher had dabbled in different fields before specializing in neuroscience.
- Throughout her career, she dabbled in acting, directing, and producing in the film industry.
- As a chef, he dabbled with unique ingredients to create innovative and flavorful dishes.
On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to dabbled, such as: amused, cavorted, dallied, dawdled, delighted, disported, diverted.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
dallied
- aestivated
- ambled
- amused
- be insincere with
- boondoggle
- bummed
- carry on
- cavorted
- chilled
- coquetted
- cosset
- courted
- crawled
- crept
- dabbled
- dawdled
- decelerated
- delayed
- delighted
- diddled
- dillydallied
- disported
- diverted
- dozed
- drag
- dragged
- droned
- dropped behind
- eased
- entertained
- estivated
- fell behind
- filibustered
- flirted
- fool around
- fool with
- fooled
- fooled around
- footled
- frisked
- fritter away
- frivol
- frivoled
- frivolled
- frolic
- frolicked
- furloughed
- gambol
- gamboled
- gambolled
- goldbricked
- hang about
- hanged
- have a fling
- hibernated
- horse around
- hung
- hung about
- hung fire
- idle
- idled
- inched
- jerk off
- jested
- joked
- joshed
- kicked around
- kicked back
- kidded
- killed time
- lag
- lagged
- lallygagged
- lazed
- lazied
- lead on
- led on
- linger
- lingered
- loafed
- loiter
- loitered
- lolled
- lollygag
- lollygagged
- lounged
- lumbered
- malingered
- manipulated
- marked time
- mashed
- messed
- messed around
- monkeyed
- moped
- moseyed
- mucked
- piddled
- play around
- play games with
- played
- pleased
- plodded
- poked
- procrastinate
- procrastinated
- put off
- put on
- putter
- razzed
- recreated
- relaxed
- rested
- ribbed
- rollick
- rollicked
- romp
- romped
- sauntered
- screwed around
- shilly-shallied
- shuffled
- skylarked
- sported
- staggered
- stalled
- strolled
- strung along
- swanned
- tamper
- tarried
- tarry
- teased
- temporized
- toyed
- trail
- trifle with
- trifled
- truanted
- vamped
- vegged out
- wanton
- waste time
- while away
- wooed
dashed
- abject
- accelerated
- afflicted
- agitated
- ailed
- all torn up
- arrowed
- atrabilious
- ausgespielt
- barreled
- barrelled
- bathed
- beat
- beat it
- beat-down
- beaten
- beelined
- beetled
- belted
- bespattered
- black
- blasted
- blazed
- bleak
- blew
- blue
- bolted
- bombed
- bothered
- bounded
- bowled
- breezed
- broken
- broody
- bucked
- bummed out
- bundled
- burdened
- bustled
- buzzed
- cannonballed
- cantered
- careened
- careered
- cast
- cast down
- catapulted
- caught up
- caved-in
- chased
- cheerless
- chucked
- clouded
- concerned
- conquered
- cooked
- coursed
- crestfallen
- dabbled
- dampened
- darted
- daunted
- dead
- defeated
- dejected
- demoralized
- depressed
- despondent
- destroyed
- deterred
- discomforted
- discomposed
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- disheartened
- dismal
- dismayed
- dispirited
- disquieted
- distressed
- disturbed
- doleful
- done in
- doomed
- doused
- down
- down in the dumps
- down in the mouth
- downbeat
- downcast
- downhearted
- dowsed
- dragged
- drenched
- drooping
- droopy
- drove
- drowned
- dying
- eighty-sixed
- ejected
- exercised
- exhausted
- fast-forwarded
- finished
- fired
- flew
- flipped
- flitted
- flung
- foiled
- galloped
- gloomy
- glum
- gone to pieces
- got a move on
- got down
- gunned
- had it
- hared
- hastened
- heaved
- heavy-hearted
- hied
- highballed
- hooked
- hove
- humped
- hurled
- hurried
- hurting
- hurtled
- hustled
- impelled
- impregnated
- in a funk
- in blue funk
- in the dumps
- in the pits
- jetted
- jogged
- jumped
- kaput
- lapped
- launched
- leaped
- leapt
- let fly
- lobbed
- lofted
- loped
- lost
- lost momentum
- low
- low-spirited
- made tracks
- melancholy
- miserable
- moody
- mopey
- mopish
- morose
- motored
- nipped
- oppressed
- outpaced
- outran
- outstripped
- overtook
- packed up
- passed
- pattered
- pegged
- pelted
- perturbed
- pessimistic
- pitched
- plashed
- precipitated
- projected
- propelled
- quickened
- raced
- rammed
- ran
- rifled
- ripped
- rocketed
- rolled
- ruined
- run
- rushed
- rustled
- sad
- saddened
- sagging
- saturated
- scampered
- scooted
- scudded
- scuffled
- scurried
- scuttled
- shagged
- shook a leg
- shot
- shot down
- skipped
- slopped
- sloshed
- slung
- slushed
- soaked
- sopped
- soused
- spattered
- sped
- speeded
- spiritless
- splashed
- splattered
- sprang
- sprayed
- sprinkled
- sprinted
- spritzed
- sprung
- squirted
- stampeded
- steeped
- stepped
- stepped on it
- stepped out
- streaked
- sunk
- swashed
- threw
- through
- thrust
- tired
- tore
- tormented
- tortured
- tossed
- traveled
- travelled
- tripped
- trotted
- troubled
- undid
- undone
- unhinged
- unnerved
- unsettled
- upset
- vanquished
- washed
- washed-up
- watered
- weighed down
- whirled
- whisked
- whizzed
- woebegone
- worried
- wrecked
- wretched
- zipped
- zoomed