Antonyms for sprinkling

Grammar : Noun

Spell : spring-kling

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsprɪŋ klɪŋ

lot

Definition of sprinkling

Origin : "small amount," 1590s, verbal noun from sprinkle (v.).

noun hint, dash

Example sentences :

At present there is but a sprinkling of Protestants in Millau.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

But the sprinkling was a swarm in the Twickenham cottage, and filled it.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

A young but severe-looking Socitaire was sprinkling her with drops of water.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

They were there almost over our heads, sprinkling us with their blue, pink, and mauve drops.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Only a sprinkling of pin-points of light marked Porno to the eye.
Extract from : « The Bluff of the Hawk » by Anthony Gilmore

He was sprinkling water on the white face that lay before him.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

But this sprinkling sanctifies not in the spirit, but only outwardly.
Extract from : « The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained » by Martin Luther

And so God, by this sprinkling, has typified the spiritual sprinkling.
Extract from : « The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained » by Martin Luther

The use of this phrase suggests that the sprinkling was a fertility rite.
Extract from : « The Witch-cult in Western Europe » by Margaret Alice Murray

But it might not be anything but straight lead with a sprinkling of silver.
Extract from : « The Cross-Cut » by Courtney Ryley Cooper

Synonyms for sprinkling

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