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Defenition of the word motley

    • Defenition of the word motley

      • consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity); "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "sundry sciences commonly known as social"- I.A.Richards
      • a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"
      • a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England
      • a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
      • having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert,"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"
      • make motley; color with different colors
      • make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu"
      • a garment made of motley (especially a court jester''s costume)
      • a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions"
      • having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies"
      • consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity); "an arrangement of assorted spring flowers"; "assorted sizes"; "miscellaneous accessories"; "a mixed program of baroque and contemporary music"; "a motley crew"; "
      • a collection containing a variety of sorts of things
      • make something more diverse and varied
      • having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
      • consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds

    Synonyms for the word motley

      • assorted
      • assortment
      • culticolour
      • miscellanea
      • miscellaneous
      • miscellany
      • mixed
      • mixture
      • multicolor
      • multicolored
      • multicoloured
      • painted
      • parti-color
      • particolored
      • particoloured
      • piebald
      • pied
      • potpourri
      • sundry
      • varicolored
      • varicoloured
      • variegate
      • variety
      • vary

    Similar words in the motley

      • colored
      • colorful
      • coloured
      • heterogeneous
      • heterogenous
      • in color

    Meronymys for the word motley

      • motley

    Hyponyms for the word motley

      • alphabet soup
      • checker
      • chequer
      • farrago
      • gallimaufry
      • grab bag
      • hodgepodge
      • hotchpotch
      • melange
      • mingle-mangle
      • mishmash
      • oddments
      • odds and ends
      • omnium-gatherum
      • ragbag
      • range
      • sampler
      • selection
      • witch's brew
      • witches' brew
      • witches' broth

    Hypernyms for the word motley

      • accumulation
      • aggregation
      • assemblage
      • cloth
      • collection
      • color
      • color in
      • colorise
      • colorize
      • colour
      • colour in
      • colourise
      • colourize
      • diversify
      • fabric
      • garment
      • material
      • surname
      • textile

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