1. the act of smearing or covering something with a sticky or messy substance
Usage: formal

Examples

• The artist’s bedaubing of paint across the canvas created an abstract masterpiece.
• After the children’s bedaubing of mud on the walls, extensive cleaning was required.
• The bedaubing of honey on the bread made it sticky and sweet.
• His careless bedaubing of glue resulted in a messy craft project.
• The bedaubing of makeup was so heavy it looked unnatural.
• She criticized the bedaubing of bright colors on the historic building.