Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bedaub
Participle: bedaubed
Gerund: bedaubing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bedaub |
| you | bedaub |
| he;she;it | bedaubs |
| we | bedaub |
| you | bedaub |
| they | bedaub |
Perfect
| I | have bedaubed |
| you | have bedaubed |
| he;she;it | has bedaubed |
| we | have bedaubed |
| you | have bedaubed |
| they | have bedaubed |
Past
| I | bedaubed |
| you | bedaubed |
| he;she;it | bedaubed |
| we | bedaubed |
| you | bedaubed |
| they | bedaubed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bedaubed |
| you | had bedaubed |
| he;she;it | had bedaubed |
| we | had bedaubed |
| you | had bedaubed |
| they | had bedaubed |
Future
| I | will bedaub |
| you | will bedaub |
| he;she;it | will bedaub |
| we | will bedaub |
| you | will bedaub |
| they | will bedaub |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bedaubed |
| you | will have bedaubed |
| he;she;it | will have bedaubed |
| we | will have bedaubed |
| you | will have bedaubed |
| they | will have bedaubed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bedaub |
| you | bedaub |
| he;she;it | bedaub |
| we | bedaub |
| you | bedaub |
| they | bedaub |
Perfect
| I | have bedaubed |
| you | have bedaubed |
| he;she;it | have bedaubed |
| we | have bedaubed |
| you | have bedaubed |
| they | have bedaubed |
Imperfect
| I | bedaubed |
| you | bedaubed |
| he;she;it | bedaubed |
| we | bedaubed |
| you | bedaubed |
| they | bedaubed |
Pluperfect
| I | had bedaubed |
| you | had bedaubed |
| he;she;it | had bedaubed |
| we | had bedaubed |
| you | had bedaubed |
| they | had bedaubed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bedaub |
| you | would bedaub |
| he;she;it | would bedaub |
| we | would bedaub |
| you | would bedaub |
| they | would bedaub |
Perfect
| I | would have bedaubed |
| you | would have bedaubed |
| he;she;it | would have bedaubed |
| we | would have bedaubed |
| you | would have bedaubed |
| they | would have bedaubed |
Imperative
| you | bedaub |
| we | Let's bedaub |
| you | bedaub |
Verbs conjugated like 'bedaub'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bedaub'
bedaff,
bedag,
bedamn,
bedamp,
bedark,
bedash,
bedaw,
bedaze,
bedoubt,
bedrug,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make physically dirty
- assoil, beclart, bedirty, bedizen, befile, befoul, begrime, beray, besully, bewray, blacken, blot, blur, contaminate, darken, denigrate, dirty, drag through the mud, dull, foil, foul, gunk, gunk up, inquinate, pollute, sling mud, slotter, slur, smutch, soss, sowl, spot, stain, sullow, taint, tarnish, uggle
- smear
- daub, dirty, stain, soil
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From be- (“thoroughly, extensively”) + daub, from Old French dauber (“to plaster, whitewash”), from Latin dealbō (“whiten over, plaster”). See: Old French '
dauber', Latin '
dealbō'.
Sample Sentences
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In this 6 mile we Crosst several miring branches in which we were all terribly bedaubed … Having almost spent the day in this toilsome tho short Journey. [2009, Noeleen McIlvenna, quoting journal, 1711, A Very Mutinous People, Univ of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 18:]