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Synonyms for daub

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for daub

to spread with a greasy, sticky, or dirty substance

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a discolored mark made by smearing

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Synonyms for daub

material used to daub walls

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an unskillful painting

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apply to a surface

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cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

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The racist message daubed on the Salford front door
Sheer and simple racism might be one reason... judge's answer as man who daubed family's door with graffiti says he can't explain why he did it
A plaque within the gravestone, bearing epitaphs to Marx, his wife and grandson, which was the object of the earlier hammer attack, was also daubed with red paint.
Marx's London grave vandalised with red paint
Swastikas have been daubed on playground equipment at Pontcanna Fields
Outrage as swastikas sprayed at playground
"Now my constituency office has been targeted and buildings in the area have been daubed with pro-SNP graffiti.
Labour MSP's office is targeted in graffiti spree
A road sign and a kiosk have also been daubed with the blue paint.
graffiti fury; 'COUNCIL TAX IS SLAVERY' DAUBED ACROSS TOWN
The graffiti which was found daubed in areas of Hemlington yesterday morning
Man, 43, arrested after graffiti was discovered
"Apparently the incident took place overnight," he told AFP, saying the attackers had daubed "price tag" and revenge" at the site.
Christian graves vandalised in cemetery: Israel police
THE Irish landlord of a Merseyside pub was baffled after a vandal daubed IRA graffiti across his van and sign.
IRA GRAFFITI ON PUB VAN; Landlord bewildered by slogans
Just days after the couple got the keys to the home, offensive words were daubed onto the exterior walls and doors of the council house.
Racist graffiti sprayed on family's new home
Workers' leave was interrupted when transport bosses called them in to clean up the ugly scrawls daubed on the walls of the stations.
Vandals like you are not wanted on our estates
A group calling itself Lesbians Running Loose has daubed paint over a mural of Polly Garter on the walls of the Dylan Thomas Theatre in Swansea.
LESBIANS RUNNING LOOSE SCRUB OUT POLLY GARTER
However, this is not the first time that Pippa's posterior has been daubed on a car.
Pippa Middleton's butt immortalised on dirty car windscreen
TWO police officers were so incensed by vandals who daubed a war memorial with graffiti, they cleaned it up themselves.
CENOTAPH GRAFFITI CLEANED UP
Using handwriting analysis, detectives compared a tag Mandell daubed on a train at Three Bridges with police photographs of the same tag in various other locations.
Writing's on the wall for tiny tagger
Paint and sectarian graffiti was daubed over the memorial and nearby shops on the lower Newtownards Road in east Belfast.
Vandals desecrate memorial
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