checkered

Speech parts

1. checkered - Adjective

2. checkered - Verb

4. checkered - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Checker

Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.

Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

checked chequered pied harlequin rainbow mosaic motley plaid speckled mixed variable varied chess irregular spotted
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Antonyms

out same even regular stone consonant
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Phrases with the word

checkered rattlesnake plantain checkered woodpecker less checkered indian checkered keelback

Examples

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt

And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth, and many a maid, Dancing in the checkered shade. And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday. John Milton

My past is a bit checkered. Kid Rock

Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career. Sally Kellerman

Probably the greatest tragedy of the church throughout its long and checkered history has been its constant tendency to conform to the prevailing culture instead of developing a Christian counter-culture . John Stott

a checkered business career Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

checkerboard strike checkerboardedness checkerboarding checkered adder checkered daffodil checkered flag