Antonyms for scattered

Grammar : Adj

Spell : skat-erd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈskæt ərd

Definition of scattered

Origin : mid-12c. (transitive), possibly a northern English variant of Middle English schateren (see shatter), reflecting Norse influence. Intransitive sense from early 15c. Related: Scattered; scattering. As a noun from 1640s.

adj spread
adj spotty

Example sentences :

Scattered about she saw a few roots of wall-flowers, pinks and even some violets!
Extract from : « Nobody's Girl » by Hector Malot

Scattered about lay the feathers and dismembered bones of some birds.
Extract from : « Crooked Trails and Straight » by William MacLeod Raine

Scattered along the mainland of this vast continent there was, here and there, an island.
Extract from : « Panther Eye » by Roy J. Snell

Scattered tales we have: "mimes" and other things there are some, and may have been more.
Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 » by George Saintsbury

Scattered all around him from the torn sack was the food he had wanted to give to the cats.
Extract from : « Cry from a Far Planet » by Tom Godwin

Scattered about the counties of England are not a few schools which bear his name.
Extract from : « Parkhurst Boys » by Talbot Baines Reed

Scattered about the forecastle lay the dead bodies of the crew.
Extract from : « The Sea Rovers » by Rufus Rockwell Wilson

Scattered here and there were streaks and flecks of free metal.
Extract from : « The Island of Yellow Sands » by E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill

Scattered over the turf, the flowers seem to be looking upward, like eyes.
Extract from : « Minor Poems by Milton » by John Milton

Scattered about are heaps of rock, as if collected for building.
Extract from : « A Popular Account of the Manners and Customs of India » by Charles Acland

Synonyms for scattered

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