also: まぶれ
noun, used as a suffix
covered with; stained with; smeared with
Noun suffix attached to a noun indicating a substance, meaning 'covered all over with that substance', often with a negative or messy connotation. Common with 血, 泥, 汗, ほこり, etc.
彼は血まみれの手でドアを開けた。
He opened the door with blood-stained hands.
子供たちは泥まみれになって遊んでいた。
The children were playing, getting covered in mud.
Kanji form; rarely used in modern writing. The kana spelling is strongly preferred.
Obsolete kana variant; not used in contemporary Japanese.
Also a suffix meaning 'full of' or 'covered with', but だらけ emphasizes abundance or being littered with something, often with a negative nuance, while まみれ focuses on being physically coated or smeared with a substance.
Derived from the verb 塗れる (まみれる), meaning 'to be smeared' or 'to be covered with'. The suffix form まみれ is a noun form used in compounds.