Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Smeared all over: Describes a substance, often something messy, sticky, or colorful, that is spread over a surface in a messy, excessive, or untidy way.
   • Smudged and messy: Refers to a state of being covered with streaks or blotches, typically in an unpleasantly visible manner.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Miệng ăn trầu đỏ loe loét. (His/Her mouth was smeared all over with red betel juice.)
  • Tay nó loe loét mực. (His/Her hands are smudged all over with ink.)
  • Bức tường bị loe loét sơn. (The wall is smeared with paint.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a negative connotation, implying a lack of neatness, care, or control in how the substance was applied or spread.
• It is frequently used to describe the messy result of eating (especially with sauces or colorful foods), playing, or careless work with paints, mud, or similar materials.

Variants and Related Words

• Toe toét (adj): Also means smeared or messy, often used interchangeably with "loe loét" to describe a messy face, especially from eating.
• Nhây nhớt (adj): Slimy, sticky; can be used in similar contexts for sticky, viscous substances.

Synonyms

• Smeared: Spread (a substance) messily over a surface.
• Smudged: Blurred or smeared.
• Daubed: Spread (a thick or sticky substance) carelessly.

Related Idioms

• Mặt mũi loe loét: A phrase describing a face that is messily smeared with something.
  • Đứa bé ăn kem xong mặt mũi loe loét. (The child's face was smeared all over after eating ice cream.)

adj

1. smeared all over