also: まぶれ
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.
He opened the door with blood-stained hands.
The children were playing, getting covered in mud.
だらけ is used broadly for being full of or riddled with undesirable things (穴だらけ, 借金だらけ), while まみれ specifically describes a sticky or messy substance covering a surface (血まみれ, 泥まみれ).
be smeared; be covered in; be plastered with
Kana spelling is standard; the kanji form 塗れ is rare and may not be recognized by all readers.
Kanji form; rarely used in modern writing. The kana spelling is strongly preferred.
Obsolete kana variant; not used in contemporary Japanese.
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.