Sprinkling synonyms and antonyms

sprĭng'klĭng

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handful
The definition of a handful is defined as a small amount or the amount of something that would fit in your hand.
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few
An exclusive or limited number:
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mixture
A yarn or fabric made of two or more different fibers, often of different colors
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several (related)
An indefinite but small number; some or a few:
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lot (antonym)
Used adverbially to mean “to a great degree or extent” or “frequently”:
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sprinkle
A light rain
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sparge
A sprinkle.
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aspersion
The definition of an aspersion is an unfavorable or damaging remark about someone or something.
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scattering
(Physics) The process whereby a beam of waves or particles is dispersed by collisions or similar interactions.
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pattering
To spatter; to sprinkle.
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spattering
To distribute by sprinkling; to sprinkle around.
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spitting
To impale on or as if on a spit.
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dispersing
To break up and scatter in all directions; spread about; distribute widely
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dusting
To bathe in dust
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dotting
To mark with or as with a dot
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splashing
Splash is defined as to splatter or scatter liquid.
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wetting
Wet is defined as to make something moist.
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watering
To wet and calender, as cloth, so as to impart to it a lustrous appearance in wavy lines; to diversify with wavelike lines.
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strewing
To scatter (things) over or about a surface
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squirting
Squirt means to spray liquid from a narrow opening.
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spraying
To project a liquid in a dispersive manner.
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spotting
(Intransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
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speckling
To mark with speckles
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sparkling
To gleam or shine in flashes; glitter or glisten, as jewels, sunlit water, etc.
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showering
To bathe under a shower
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shaking
To scatter or strew by jerky movements:
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raining
To fall in drops of water from the clouds.
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powdering
Powder is defined as to sprinkle or apply a dry, dusty substance.
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moistening
To make or become moist
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drizzling
To rain gently in fine, mistlike drops.
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dabbling
To feed by reaching with the bill into shallow water
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dampening
To dampen is defined as to make something a little bit wet, or to reduce or make weaker.
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stippling
To dot, fleck, or speckle:
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peppering
Pepper is defined as to sprinkle, or to flavor with the ground peppers.
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mottling
To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
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freckling
To dot or become dotted with freckles or spots of color.
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flecking
To mark with small spots
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gathering (antonym)
To pick, pluck, or collect by picking; harvest
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collecting (antonym)
To collect payments, contributions, etc.
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striking (related)
To dismantle and pack up for departure:
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smattering (related)
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dollop (related)
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lashing (related)
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dappling
To mark or mottle with spots.
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Sprinkling Sentence Examples

  • The mode was sprinkling or pouring.

  • His subjects included only a sprinkling of Jews.

  • Very small seeds should only have a sprinkling of light earth or of sand, and sometimes only a thin layer of soft moss to exclude light and preserve an equable degree of moisture.

  • Somewhere a storm was gathering, but only a small cloud had scattered some raindrops lightly, sprinkling the road and the sappy leaves.

  • The modern plantations consist mostly of Scots fir with a sprinkling of larch.

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