blotchy

[ bloch-ee ]

adjective

, blotch·i·er, blotch·i·est.

1. having blotches:

   a blotchy complexion.

2. resembling a blotch.

ˈblotchy

/ ˈblɒtʃɪ /

adjective

1. covered in or marked by blotches

Derived Forms

• ˈblotchiness, noun
• ˈblotchily, adverb

Other Words From

• blotchi·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of blotchy¹

First recorded in 1815–25; blotch + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Without this piece, flowers suspend into a blotchy, discolored sky.

From Time

A printer that pumps out fast copies may be great, but if the ink is uneven and blotchy, the copier won’t help your business’s professionalism.

From Popular-Science

I flashed back to that moment, Leo sitting on our staircase, his little body shaking, his face all red and blotchy.

From Washington Post

Peter MacNichol stars as Galen, an impressively earnest, blotchy, and incompetent sorcerer's apprentice.

From The Daily Beast

I found myself confronted by a tall man with a thick black beard and a pale, blotchy face.

From Project Gutenberg

Eulalie acknowledged that, a week or ten days before, Baby Paul had come in contact with a blotchy infant in the Park.

From Project Gutenberg

The ferreteyed porkbutcher folded the sausages he had snipped off with blotchy fingers, sausagepink.

From Project Gutenberg

The blotchy flush had entirely left her face and she looked and acted perfectly well.

From Project Gutenberg

It became rough and discolored, presenting a very blotchy appearance and disclosed the formation of rust working through the film.

From Project Gutenberg