Thesaurus / blot
FEEDBACKHow to use blot in a sentence
Here’s the nutshell bio that Gary sent me last night — after I discovered that he’d gotten that 500th blot of ink.
STYLE CONVERSATIONAL WEEK 1443: THE BALLAD OF GARY CROCKETTPAT MYERSJULY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTLike a catalogue of Rorschach ink blots, his oeuvre generates orgies of idle speculation and elaborate projection.
DAWOUD BEY, JASPER JOHNS AND ‘AUTOMANIA’ ARE AMONG THE MANY COMPELLING REASONS TO VISIT MUSEUMS THIS SUMMERSEBASTIAN SMEEJUNE 11, 2021WASHINGTON POSTBack in 2015, the Empress ran a contest that Loser William Verkuilen remembers fondly, having gotten a couple of blots of ink out of it in Week 1155.
THE STYLE INVITATIONAL: A BUG’S LAUGH — CICADA ‘ART’ WINNERSPAT MYERSJUNE 3, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIt’s the fifth Style Invitational win — and 382nd blot in all — for Dave Prevar, but it’s his first Clowning Achievement trophy.
STYLE CONVERSATIONAL WEEK 1429: LOOK AGAINPAT MYERSMARCH 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThere’s one subset of Novel Interpretations of our Staake contest that’s unlikely ever to win the whole thing, but almost always results in a blot of ink for one or two Losers.
STYLE CONVERSATIONAL WEEK 1429: LOOK AGAINPAT MYERSMARCH 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe Iraq war left a lasting blot on transatlantic relations.
EUROPEANS HAVEN’T FELT THIS POORLY ABOUT AMERICA SINCE THE START OF THE IRAQ WARANNABELLE TIMSITSEPTEMBER 17, 2020QUARTZI am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSIt needs better evidence to stamp this solitary suggestion of a blot on the clear scutcheon of Douglas.
KING ROBERT THE BRUCEA. F. MURISONMen surged forward to close in and blot out the glow from the killer's fingers.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSIt is the blot on Richard Feverel, for instance, that it begins to end well; and then tricks you and ends ill.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - SWANSTON EDITION VOL. 25 (OF 25)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONWORDS RELATED TO BLOT
- abhorrence
- antipathy
- aversion
- bar sinister
- black eye
- blame
- blot
- blur
- brand
- censure
- condemnation
- detestation
- disapproval
- discredit
- disesteem
- disfavor
- disgrace
- dishonor
- dislike
- dispprobation
- disrepute
- enmity
- execration
- hate
- hatred
- ignominy
- infamy
- malice
- obloquy
- onus
- opprobrium
- rebuke
- reprobation
- resentment
- shame
- spot
- stain
- stigma
- abashment
- bad conscience
- blot
- chagrin
- compunction
- confusion
- contempt
- contrition
- degradation
- derision
- discomposure
- discredit
- disesteem
- dishonor
- disrepute
- guilt
- humiliation
- ignominy
- ill repute
- infamy
- irritation
- loss of face
- mortification
- obloquy
- odium
- opprobrium
- pang
- pudency
- remorse
- reproach
- scandal
- self-disgust
- self-reproach
- self-reproof
- shamefacedness
- skeleton in the cupboard
- smear
- stigma
- stupefaction
- treachery
- asperse
- assail
- attack
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belie
- belittle
- besmirch
- blacken name
- blaspheme
- blister
- blot
- calumniate
- cast a slur on
- curse
- damage
- decry
- defame
- defile
- denigrate
- depreciate
- derogate
- detract
- dishonor
- disparage
- give a bad name
- hit
- hurt
- injure
- libel
- malign
- muckrake
- pan
- plaster
- revile
- roast
- run smear campaign
- scandalize
- scorch
- slam
- sling mud
- slur
- smear
- smirch
- sneer
- strumpet
- sully
- tarnish
- tear down
- traduce
- vilify
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