riddle
1noun
verb (used without object), rid·dled, rid·dling.
Origin of riddle
1Synonyms for riddle
riddle
2verb (used with object), rid·dled, rid·dling.
noun
Origin of riddle
2Related Words for riddled
mar, pervade, puncture, corrupt, infest, pepper, pierce, damage, impair, spoil, bore, pit, honeycombExamples from the Web for riddled
Contemporary Examples of riddled
“Mainstream feminism is riddled with classism, racism, and sexual orientation discrimination,” she wrote.
Her body, riddled with bullets, was found on the side of the road in the neighboring republic of Ingushetia.
But for a man who delighted in exposing hypocrisies, his relationship to Communism was riddled with duplicity.
Instead it details how the Boeing 777 was riddled with holes created by “a large number of high energy objects from the outside.”
Does the raucous, N-word riddled hip-hop spectacular live up to the hype?
The Tupac Musical Hits Broadway: Kenny Leon’s ‘Holler If Ya Hear Me’ Is Crazy, Silly FunMarlow Stern
June 19, 2014
Historical Examples of riddled
The meteors that riddled the ship were projectiles shot from their station on Jupiter.
Pirates of the GormNat Schachner
The bullet and the moth have torn And riddled well the dolmans dim.
Enamels and Cameos and other PoemsThophile Gautier
He could not possibly have escaped with his life, Blake said; he must have been riddled with bullets.
Whispering SmithFrank H. Spearman
Had I obeyed my own impulse, I should have been riddled like any colander.
RecollectionsDavid Christie Murray
Washington's clothes had been riddled by bullets, but he had escaped injury.
Canada: the Empire of the NorthAgnes C. Laut