Peppered
adj, verb
adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of pepper form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Seasoned with pepper.
"This heavily peppered soup was traditionally prepared to celebrate the rite of marriage in Languedoc."
- 2 Speckled.
"Prior to 1900, within the population of peppered moths the vast majority were lightly peppered; but a very few were heavily peppered in their pigmentation."
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"The talk was peppered with scientific jargon that no one understood."