Dictionary Entry
maculate
maculate is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as verb and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To spot; to stain; to blur. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1verb
To spot; to stain; to blur.
- 2adjective
Marked with spots or maculae; blotched; hence, defiled; impure; as, most maculate thoughts.
- 3verb
spot, stain, or pollute
"The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
- 4verb
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
"The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"
"Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
- 5adjective
spotted or blotched
- 6adjective
morally blemished; stained or impure
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