bə̇, bē+ transitive verb
Etymology: be- + spatter
1. : to spatter especially with muck
in his little room with the dingy walls … bespattered with printer's ink — Van Wyck Brooks
2.
a. : to heap (as abuse or criticism) upon
bespattered him with all the vitriolic language at her command
: cover with abuse : slander
no man in public life had ever been so foully bespattered
b. : to render less attractive or valuable : mar , spoil
the slick, heartless, elegant phrases of the past still bespatter the poetry — J.H.Plumb
the meaningless abstractions which bespatter history books — Times Literary Supplement