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daubing

/ˈdɔː.bɪŋ/

VERB

1. Applying something to a surface in hasty or crude strokes

To spread or apply a substance to a surface using rough, hurried, or uneven movements.

1.1. Smearing or spreading a substance

Applying paint, mud, grease, or another substance over a surface, often in an uneven or careless manner.

Synonyms

  • smearing
  • besmearing
  • smudging
  • bedaubing
  • coating
  • plastering
  • anointing

Antonyms

Examples

  • The artist's daubing technique involved using broad strokes to create texture and depth in the painting.
  • She spent hours daubing layers of color onto the pottery to achieve the desired effect.
  • Daubing sunscreen on exposed skin helps protect it from harmful UV rays.

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1.2. Making something dirty or stained

Covering or marking a surface with dirt, mud, grease, or another substance that makes it unclean or discolored.

Synonyms

  • befouling
  • begriming
  • besmirching
  • soiling
  • staining
  • sullying
  • dirtying
  • contaminating
  • defiling
  • smirching

Antonyms

Examples

  • The children enjoyed daubing their faces with colorful paint at the carnival.
  • The walls were covered with graffiti after vandals spent the night daubing the building.

Related Words

  • mudding
  • mucking
  • griming
  • fouling
  • polluting
  • tainting

1.3. Painting in a rough or unskilled manner

Applying paint to create a picture or design using coarse, careless, or unskilled strokes.

Synonyms

  • painting
  • bepainting
  • coloring
  • tinting
  • pigmenting

Examples

  • The artist was daubing broad patches of color onto the canvas.
  • She continued daubing the pottery with different shades of blue.

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NOUN

2. Something applied or spread onto a surface

A substance or material that has been applied to a surface, often as a coating or smear.

2.1. Rough coating or layer of mortar

A rough layer of mortar or plaster applied to a wall, traditionally to give it a textured or stone-like appearance.

Synonyms

  • roughcast
  • mortar coating
  • plaster coating

Examples

  • The old cottage had a rough daubing of mortar across its exterior walls.

Related Words

  • render
  • plaster
  • stucco
  • masonry
  • wall finish

2.2. A crude mark or painted image

A rough application of paint or another substance, such as a crude drawing, smear, or piece of graffiti.

Synonyms

Examples

  • The wall was covered with crude daubings in bright colors.

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