Spotty — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture)

lacking consistency

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/spˈɑːɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/spˈɒti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/spˈɒti/

2 syllables Say it as /spˈɑːɾi/.

Examples

a field patched with ice and snow
the wall had a spotty speckled effect
a black-and-white spotted cow

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

patched uneven spotted scratchy

Parts of Speech

adjective	having spots or patches (small areas of contrasting color or texture) “a field patched with ice and snow”
adjective	lacking consistency “the golfer hit the ball well but his putting was spotty”

Word Forms

unevenness

noun

the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

fleckig

mit Flecken oder Flecken (kleine Bereiche mit kontrastierender Farbe oder Textur)

🇫🇷French

à pois

avoir des taches ou des taches (petites zones de couleur ou de texture contrastée)

🇪🇸Spanish

manchado

tener manchas o parches (pequeñas áreas de color o textura contrastantes)

🇮🇹Italian

imprevedibile

avere macchie o chiazze (piccole aree di colore o consistenza contrastanti)

🇳🇱Dutch

vlekkerig

met vlekken of vlekken (kleine gebieden met een contrasterende kleur of textuur)

🇵🇹Portuguese

manchado

tendo manchas ou manchas (pequenas áreas de cor ou textura contrastante)

🇷🇺Russian

пятнистый

наличие пятен или пятен (небольших участков контрастного цвета или текстуры)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

धब्बेदार

धब्बे या पैच होना (विपरीत रंग या बनावट के छोटे क्षेत्र)

🇧🇩Bengali

দাগযুক্ত

দাগ বা প্যাচ থাকা (বিপরীত রঙ বা টেক্সচারের ছোট এলাকা)

🇮🇳Tamil

புள்ளிகள் நிறைந்த

புள்ளிகள் அல்லது திட்டுகள் (மாறுபட்ட நிறம் அல்லது அமைப்பு சிறிய பகுதிகள்)

🇮🇳Telugu

మచ్చలేని

మచ్చలు లేదా పాచెస్ కలిగి ఉండటం (విరుద్ధమైన రంగు లేదా ఆకృతి యొక్క చిన్న ప్రాంతాలు)

🇮🇳Marathi

डाग

स्पॉट्स किंवा पॅचेस असणे (विपरीत रंग किंवा पोत असलेले लहान क्षेत्र)

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્પોટી

ફોલ્લીઓ અથવા પેચો (વિરોધાભાસી રંગ અથવા રચનાના નાના વિસ્તારો)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮಚ್ಚೆಯುಳ್ಳ

ಕಲೆಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ತೇಪೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ (ವ್ಯತಿರಿಕ್ತ ಬಣ್ಣ ಅಥವಾ ವಿನ್ಯಾಸದ ಸಣ್ಣ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳು)

🇮🇳Malayalam

പുള്ളി

പാടുകളോ പാച്ചുകളോ ഉള്ളത് (വ്യത്യസ്‌ത നിറമോ ഘടനയോ ഉള്ള ചെറിയ പ്രദേശങ്ങൾ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਧੱਬੇਦਾਰ

ਧੱਬੇ ਜਾਂ ਪੈਚ (ਵਿਪਰੀਤ ਰੰਗ ਜਾਂ ਬਣਤਰ ਦੇ ਛੋਟੇ ਖੇਤਰ)

🇵🇰Urdu

داغدار

دھبے یا دھبے (متضاد رنگ یا ساخت کے چھوٹے حصے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

参差不齐的

有斑点或斑块（颜色或纹理形成对比的小区域）

🇯🇵Japanese

むらのある

斑点や斑点（対照的な色や質感の小さな領域）がある

🇰🇷Korean

얼룩덜룩한

반점이나 패치(색상이나 질감이 대조되는 작은 영역)가 있는 경우

🇻🇳Vietnamese

có đốm

có đốm hoặc mảng (các vùng nhỏ có màu sắc hoặc kết cấu tương phản)

🇹🇭Thai

ขาด ๆ หาย ๆ

มีจุดหรือหย่อม ๆ (พื้นที่เล็ก ๆ ที่มีสีหรือพื้นผิวตัดกัน)

🇮🇩Indonesian

jerawatan

memiliki bintik atau bercak (area kecil dengan warna atau tekstur kontras)

🇵🇭Filipino

batik-batik

pagkakaroon ng mga spot o patches (maliit na bahagi ng magkakaibang kulay o texture)

🇲🇾Malay

bertompok-tompok

mempunyai bintik atau tompok (kawasan kecil warna atau tekstur yang berbeza)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

متقطعا

وجود بقع أو بقع (مناطق صغيرة ذات لون أو نسيج متباين)

🇮🇷Persian

لکه دار

داشتن لکه ها یا لکه ها (مناطق کوچک با رنگ یا بافت متضاد)

🇹🇷Turkish

sivilceli

noktalara veya yamalara sahip olmak (kontrast renk veya dokuya sahip küçük alanlar)

🇮🇱Hebrew

לֹא יַצִיב

בעל כתמים או כתמים (אזורים קטנים של צבע או מרקם מנוגדים)

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