spotted
Syllables: spot·ted[ˈspɑɾɪ̈d][ˈspɒtɪ̈d]
spotted adjective: discoloured by spots; stained. Also the simple past and past participle of spot.
Adjective
spotted (comparative more spotted, superlative most spotted)
- Discoloured by spots; stained.
- Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants).
- a spotted hyena
Also used as
spotted is also the simple past and past participle of spot.
spotted meaning in Malayalam, Sanskrit and Arabic
spotted in Malayalam
- characterized by spots
- പൊട്ടൻ poṭṭaṉ
spotted in Sanskrit
- characterized by spots
- शर्वर śarvara, पृषत् pṛṣat
spotted in Arabic
- discoloured by spots; stained
- مُنَقَّط munaqqaṭ, أَرْقَط ʔarqaṭ
- characterized by spots
- أَبْرَش ʔabraš
Examples of spotted in a sentence
- I spotted his next shenanigan—saw it coming—and so avoided being fooled.
- Amid the flutters of sunshine drifting through the dense canopy, I spotted my target.
- The preteen was freaked out when she spotted a college-aged man gazing at her lecherously.
Synonyms of spotted
Forms of spotted
| comparative | more spotted |
|---|---|
| superlative | most spotted |
Words formed from spotted
- African spotted creeper
- Atlantic spotted dolphin
- blackspotted
- bloodspotted
- bluespotted
- brownspotted
- common spotted orchid
- eastern spotted skunk
- eight-spotted flea beetle
- European spotted flycatcher
- greater spotted eagle
- great spotted kiwi
- great spotted woodpecker
- greenspotted
- Guyana spotted roach
- heath spotted orchid
- Indian spotted creeper
- large-spotted civet
- lesser spotted
- lesser spotted eagle
- lesser spotted woodpecker
- little spotted cat
- little spotted kiwi
- liver-spotted
- Mediterranean spotted fever
- middle spotted woodpecker
- nonspotted
- orangespotted
- orange-spotted bulbul
- orange-spotted drone fly
- orange-spotted roach
- pale-spotted emperor
- pantropical spotted dolphin
- pinkspotted
- prespotted
- purplespotted
- redspotted
- red-spotted purple
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- rusty-spotted cat
- silver-spotted skipper
- six-spotted leafhopper
- small-spotted catshark
- spotted bamboo
- spotted barb
- spotted bass
- spotted bean
- spotted beebalm
- spotted bowerbird
- spotted burclover
- spotted bush snake
- spotted buttonquail
- spotted chirping frog
- spotted corobane
- spotted crake
- spotted cranesbill
- spotted creeper
- spotted crocias
- spotted cucumber beetle
- spotted cuscus
Phrases with spotted
- spotted dog
- spotted gum
- spotted oak
- spotted owl
- spotted deer
- spotted dick
- spotted dogs
- spotted gums
- spotted Mary
- Spotted Mist
- spotted owls
- spotted seal
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- well spotted
- spotted deers
- spotted dicks
- spotted eagle
- spotted fever
- spotted hyena
- Spotted Mists
- spotted owlet
- spotted seals
- spotted skunk
- spotted crakes
- spotted eagles
- spotted fevers
- spotted hyenas
- spotted orchid
- spotted orchis
- spotted owlets
- spotted skunks
- spotted spurge
- spotted turbot
- spotted weever
- spotted dolphin
- spotted nothura
- spotted orchids
- spotted bee balm
- spotted beebalms
- spotted creepers
- spotted cuscuses
- spotted dolphins
- spotted dragonet
- spotted nothuras
- spotted redshank
- spotted seahorse
- spotted wolffish
- spotted dragonets
- spotted eagle ray
- spotted eagle-owl
- spotted pardalote
- spotted ponthieva
- spotted redshanks
- spotted sandpiper
- spotted seahorses
- spotted wobbegong
- spotted bowerbirds
- spotted eagle rays
- spotted eagle-owls
- spotted flycatcher
- spotted greenshank
- spotted lanternfly
- spotted marginella
- spotted nutcracker
- spotted pardalotes
- spotted ponthievas
- spotted salamander
- spotted sandpipers
- spotted toughshank
- spotted wobbegongs
- spotted wolffishes
- spotted woodpecker
- great spotted kiwis
- little spotted cats
- spotted cranesbills
- spotted flycatchers
- spotted marginellas
- spotted nutcrackers
- spotted rainbowfish
- spotted salamanders
- spotted sand lizard
- spotted toughshanks
- spotted triggerfish
- Indian spotted eagle
- little spotted kiwis
- spotted lanternflies
- spotted sand lizards
- spotted touch-me-not
- Visayan spotted deer
- heath spotted orchids
- Indian spotted eagles
- lesser spotted eagles
- spotted rainbowfishes
- spotted touch-me-nots
- spotted triggerfishes
- spotted weather loach
- western spotted skunk
- common spotted orchids
- eastern spotted skunks
- greater spotted eagles
- Guyana spotted roaches
- spotted chirping frogs
- spotted whistling duck
- Texas spotted whiptail
- western spotted skunks
- Indian spotted creepers
- spotted whistling ducks
- Texas spotted whiptails
- African spotted creepers
- spotted cucumber beetles
- Atlantic spotted dolphins
- Australian spotted cuscus
- great spotted woodpeckers
- lesser spotted woodpeckers
- middle spotted woodpeckers
- Australian spotted cuscuses
- European spotted flycatchers
- pantropical spotted dolphins
- Rocky Mountain spotted fevers
- spotted giant flying squirrel
- Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain
- spotted giant flying squirrels
- Sri Lankan spotted chevrotains
Words that rhyme with spotted
- dotted
- knotted
- potted
- besotted
- unspotted
- shotted
- bedotted
- beknotted
- bicarotid
- carotid
- intracarotid
- misallotted
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Questions about spotted
- What does spotted mean?
- Spotted means discoloured by spots; stained.
- What is spotted in Malayalam?
- Spotted in Malayalam is പൊട്ടൻ (poṭṭaṉ). See Spotted meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is spotted?
- Spotted is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce spotted?
- Spotted is pronounced [ˈspɒtɪ̈d] (UK).
Words near spotted in the dictionary
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