Verb (used with object) : a reputation bespattered by malicious gossip. From Dictionary.com.
So when the king is a horseback he is sure to be the dirtiest person of the company, and they that make their court best are such as bespatter him most. From Wordnik.com. [A Tale of a Tub] Reference
Lord Stanley are wont to bespatter and heap dirt on each other's heads in their legislative squabbles!. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841] Reference
Every time he comes in at me from in front earth and sand from his bullets bespatter me right and left. From Wordnik.com. [Stuka Pilot]
Was it not the act of the false apostles to say thus -- to bespatter a man that his doctrine might be disregarded?. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
Is it not the sport and divertisement of many to cast dirt in the faces of all they meet with? to bespatter any man with foul imputations?. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)] Reference
Bits of soft earth mixed with squashed berries came out of nowhere to bespatter us - until Oomark threw up one arm and gave a crowing cry. From Wordnik.com. [Dread Companion]
This is the nameless refuse which flings itself to bespatter Masonry. From Wordnik.com. [Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer] Reference
Yet I must laugh no less to think a cat Should so bespatter Socrates. From Wordnik.com. [Comedies. Translated into English, with notes [by Richard Cumberland and others]] Reference
I know they are pleased to bespatter me at all their little dirty levees. From Wordnik.com. [Goldsmith English Men of Letters Series] Reference
bespattered hogs bespatter others, and he who is full of fault finds fault. From Wordnik.com. [Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs] Reference
He expects Sir George should not bespatter him privately, in revenge, but openly. From Wordnik.com. [Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete] Reference
I said 'What a fine fellow you are to bespatter the whole world with this oil of vitriol!'. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of Authors, British and American] Reference
Do you think I am likely to play the Pharisee, and be eager to bespatter the grave of this poor sufferer?. From Wordnik.com. [Birds of Prey] Reference
I saw her, the other day, bespatter the Governor himself with water at the cattle-trough in Spring Lane. From Wordnik.com. [X. The Leech and His Patient] Reference
These Tories do so bespatter his lordship with praises, and tell such improbable things about their victories!. From Wordnik.com. [Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency.] Reference
Elysees; the gates would be burst open; blood would stain the steps, and men's brains would bespatter the pillars. From Wordnik.com. [The Fat and the Thin] Reference
My former mistresses bespatter me on the street with the mud of the equipages, which I bought for them with my money. From Wordnik.com. [Sketchy Thoughts] Reference
Thou dost fall and break thy limbs, and bespatter thyself with mud, like a crocodile, and no one reaches out a hand to thee. From Wordnik.com. [Peeps at Many Lands: Ancient Egypt] Reference
"To bespatter a rival for the gaining of an advantage by contrast is a Yahoo's trick to which no decent gentleman would stoop.". From Wordnik.com. [The Dop Doctor] Reference
And even when they are fallen into that pit they will quarrel at the bottom, and bespatter each other with the mud that is there. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Hope] Reference
'A pair of lawyers, like a pair of legs, are apt to bespatter each other: but they nevertheless remain good friends and brothers. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hugh Trevor] Reference
"Bah!" whispered Roguin to his wife, "it won't last long; you will soon bespatter her when you meet her a-foot in the streets, ruined.". From Wordnik.com. [Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau] Reference
Don’t think they will always bespatter the Tories and Austria.’. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro] Reference
“I saw her, the other day, bespatter the Governor himself with water at the cattle-trough in. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Letter] Reference
"I saw her, the other day, bespatter the Governor himself with water at the cattle-trough in Spring Lane. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Letter] Reference
“I saw her, the other day, bespatter the Governor himself with water, at the cattle-trough in Spring Lane. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Letter] Reference
Tell of the gifts which we bespatter. From Wordnik.com. [Fables of John Gay (Somewhat Altered)] Reference
Don't think they will always bespatter the. From Wordnik.com. [Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest] Reference
Then lower'd Battle's blood-bespatter'd son. From Wordnik.com. [Romantic Ballads, Translated from the Danish; and Miscellaneous Pieces] Reference
With blood-bespatter'd robes, and chaplet shorn!. From Wordnik.com. [Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold] Reference
The blood nigh to bespatter/the tunic Hagen wore. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original] Reference
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