motley English

Meaning motley meaning

What does motley mean?

motley

— noun a multicolored woolen fabric woven of mixed threads in 14th to 17th century England

— noun a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)

— verb make motley; color with different colors

— adjective (= painted, particolored, piebald, pied) 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

— verb (= vary) make something more diverse and varied Vary the menu

— adjective (= assorted, miscellaneous, mixed, sundry) consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds 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

— noun (= assortment, variety, smorgasbord) 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

Synonyms motley synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as motley?

motley English » English

multicoloured

multicolored

variegated

mottled

spotted

colourful

piebald

particoloured

colorful

varicoloured

pied

miscellaneous

heterogeneous

variegate

varicolored

sundry

particolored

painted

multicolour

multicolor

mixed

dappled

vary

various

variety

striped

smorgasbord

salmagundi

potpourri

parti-color

multi-colour

multi-color

mixture

mixed bag

miscellany

miscellanea

many-coloured

diverse

compound

chequered

calico

assortment

assorted

varied

upset

tussle

toss

throw together

tangle

stump

Topics motley topics

What do people use motley to talk about?

Physical actions Arrange

Mix

• What words describe something made by mixing things together?
  mixed mixed up amalgamated assorted blended combined composite compounded conglomerated diluted half-and-half heterogeneous intermixed jumbled mingled miscellaneous motley scrambled tangled together varied variegated

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Multicolored

• What words describe something that has many different colors?
  colorful multicolored gaudy garish harlequin multihued many-colored many-hued brightly colored variegated polychrome polychromatic kaleidoscope kaleidoscopic play of colors motley pepper-and-salt grizzled mosaic

Examples motley examples

How do I use motley in a sentence?

Simple sentences

They're a motley crew.

Movie subtitles

At that time, there was a motley collection of people dealing with the Indians.

Marshal. I mean, field marshal, you got quite a motley army.

They're a motley crew.

Doctor Motley.

As long as Doctor Motley is here, how about an examination?

Querida, after our experience with Dr. Motley?

Among this whole motley crew, I think he has the most substance.

Motley.

Motley, embroi.

You're nothing but a motley crew of sharks, all after Adolfo's patrimony.

Here's the rest of our motley crew.

What a motley bunch!

A motley crew they are!

Some 100-odd years ago, a motley collection of tough moustaches galloped across the west and left behind a raft of legends and legerdemains.

There's a very motley clientele.

I think, Jenny, you can imagine my surprise when I saw that motley crew.

Our whole life is a motley river.

What a motley bunch! Get in there!

What a curious life it is. Well, on with the motley!

How long has this motley crew been in existence, huh?

She used to manage the elementary school cafeteria over in Motley. until it burned down last year.

Quite a motley crew you've assembled here, Benji.

Former Motley Crue roadies turned drifters.

You were a roadie for Motley Crue?

With the whole motley crew.

My co-counsel, Ron Motley and I, have filed a lawsuit against the tobacco industry on behalf of the State of Mississippi to get the state reimbursed Medicaid costs for treating' people with smoking-related illness.

Motley looking lot of fellows you've got together.

No, I keep not motley in my heart!

At the same time, I will be the gatekeeper. to protect the house from invasion. by a motley crowd like you.

This little motley devil is full of eggs.

My co-counsel, Ron Motley and I, have filed a lawsuit against the tobacco industry on behalf of the state of Mississippi. to get the state reimbursed Medicaid costs. for treating' people with smoking-related illness.

Would you please ask Mr. Motley if he expects his witness to appear or not?

Mr. Motley, we have rights here.

Before I knew it, I was handcuffed to this bench, surrounded by this motley assortment of other wrongfully accused gentlemen.

And to allow in that motley nightmare with that stinking monster, when the town itself is under threat?

News and current affairs

The CIA-led invasion, executed by a motley group of Cuban exiles at the Bay of Pigs, was a military failure and a foreign-policy disaster, one that led to the Cuban Missile Crisis the following year.

But there is a third possibility: a motley collection of regional parties, together with the Communists, gets enough seats to prevent either of the two big parties from forming a government.

And the generals began providing safe havens and arms to a motley assortment of anti-Indian rebel movements that would wreak havoc in India's northeastern states and retreat to sanctuaries in the newly-renamed Myanmar.