as in smeared
to put a thick layer of a liquid, cream, etc. over (something)
We ate lobster slathered with butter. She slathered her skin with sunscreen.
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Recent Examples of slathered
At Taquearte, the split rolls are slathered with refried beans and chorizo, then blanketed in a single layer of mottled cheese.
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Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
Seriously, what is better than fresh heirloom tomato and mozzarella salad or a juicy tomato sandwich slathered in Duke's?
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Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
2 July 2026
Back home that night, dues paid to god, the women slathered their faces with turmeric cream and went to bed, bitter-smelling, sorry for themselves on that night as every night.
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Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Body skincare is no longer the afterthought slathered on as a moisturizer in winter.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
On day three, the entire cake was assembled and slathered with cream and decorated with stripes made out of raspberries and piped stars on a patch of blueberries.
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Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
29 June 2026
But Adams is bounding around the rooftop beaming, teeth porcelain-white, face slathered in makeup, hair firmly coiffed.
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Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
18 June 2026
Why must it be slathered in mayo?
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Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 June 2026
Fifteen minutes earlier, a cheerful therapist had slathered them in medicinal herbs and thermal mud from the nearby island of Ischia.
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Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
30 May 2026
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
2 July 2026
Seriously, what is better than fresh heirloom tomato and mozzarella salad or a juicy tomato sandwich slathered in Duke's?
—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
2 July 2026
Back home that night, dues paid to god, the women slathered their faces with turmeric cream and went to bed, bitter-smelling, sorry for themselves on that night as every night.
—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
Body skincare is no longer the afterthought slathered on as a moisturizer in winter.
—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
On day three, the entire cake was assembled and slathered with cream and decorated with stripes made out of raspberries and piped stars on a patch of blueberries.
—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
29 June 2026
But Adams is bounding around the rooftop beaming, teeth porcelain-white, face slathered in makeup, hair firmly coiffed.
—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
18 June 2026
Why must it be slathered in mayo?
—
Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 June 2026
Fifteen minutes earlier, a cheerful therapist had slathered them in medicinal herbs and thermal mud from the nearby island of Ischia.
—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
30 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slathered
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The restaurant sources its birotes from Duran’s to make the open-face, bean and cheese-smeared breakfast sandwiches popular throughout Mexico.
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By the end of the debate, about 150 men dressed in Indigenous costumes, their faces smeared with soot, stormed to a nearby wharf and dumped a literal boatload of tea into the water.
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One of them, at the centre of a group outside Ex Convento del Carmen, has been thickly daubed with red paint, as if to look like blood.
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The calming design from Japanese architect Kengo Kuma instils a sense of peace, complemented by the villas’ light wood and white color scheme that’s daubed with splashes of ocean blues.
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