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Synonyms for smear
smɪərsmear
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smear, vilification, malignmentnoun
slanderous defamation
Synonyms:
malignment, revilement, smudge, slur, spot, vilification, insult, cytosmear, cytologic smear, contumely, blot, stain, smirch, abuse, daubsmear, cytologic smear, cytosmearnoun
a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
Synonyms:
malignment, smudge, slur, spot, vilification, cytosmear, cytologic smear, blot, stain, smirch, daubsmudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slurnoun
a blemish made by dirt
"he had a smudge on his cheek"
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smudge, bit, patch, dapple, office, speckle, pip, touch, cytosmear, place, aspersion, daub, fleck, cytologic smear, maculation, slur, post, stain, malignment, position, smirch, vilification, billet, blot, spotlight, spot, point, situation, berth, topographic pointblot, smear, smirch, spot, stainverb
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
"he made a huge blot on his copybook"
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vilification, billet, berth, blot, place, spot, mark, grunge, touch, dapple, discolouration, post, grease, spotlight, topographic point, point, bit, brand, position, cytosmear, grime, stigma, fleck, slur, dirt, maculation, daub, speckle, malignment, smudge, filth, discoloration, smirch, situation, office, stain, soil, pip, cytologic smear, patchsmearverb
stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
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smudge, blur, asperse, defame, denigrate, slander, calumniate, smutch, smirch, sully, besmirch, daubsmear, blur, smudge, smutchverb
make a smudge on; soil by smudging
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besmirch, smudge, asperse, dim, smutch, calumniate, confuse, denigrate, daub, film over, slander, blur, slur, sully, glaze over, blear, smirch, defame, obscure, obnubilatedaub, smearverb
cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
"smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
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smudge, blur, asperse, plaster, defame, denigrate, slander, calumniate, smutch, smirch, sully, besmirch, daubdefame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirchverb
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
"The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
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besmirch, smudge, asperse, maculate, taint, smutch, calumniate, tarnish, denigrate, minimize, slander, blur, defile, sully, stain, daub, smirch, defame, corrupt, belittle, cloud, derogate
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make black
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#137 | post | |
#241 | office | |
#316 | place | |
#438 | point | |
#834 | mark | |
#846 | cover | |
#921 | position | |
#974 | brand | |
#982 | bit | |
#1902 | situation | |
#2026 | patch | |
#2192 | touch | |
#2225 | abuse | |
#2899 | layer | |
#2915 | spot | |
#3125 | spread | |
#3202 | soil | |
#5341 | coat | |
#5621 | cloud | |
#6162 | spotlight | |
#7182 | dirt | |
#7843 | minimize | |
#9389 | dim | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#12545 | stain | |
#13143 | streak | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#13495 | grease | |
#17148 | filth | |
#17766 | insult | |
#17847 | pap | |
#17984 | blur | |
#18627 | plaster | |
#20060 | confuse | |
#20275 | pip | |
#22663 | smear | |
#22907 | billet | |
#23782 | stigma | |
#24566 | blot | |
#25499 | berth | |
#29565 | grunge | |
#31047 | varnish | |
#33274 | slander | |
#33383 | defamatory | |
#38879 | grime | |
#41477 | sully | |
#41736 | fleck | |
#42431 | blurring | |
#43554 | blemish | |
#43708 | discoloration | |
#46613 | taint | |
#48337 | mancha | |
#49676 | smudge | |
#51950 | tarnish | |
#59341 | slur | |
#61574 | soiling | |
#73765 | defame | |
#74328 | belittle | |
#76844 | speckle | |
#78097 | defile | |
#86920 | denigrate | |
#94285 | vilification | |
#102863 | spatter | |
#113170 | daub | |
#130992 | dapple | |
#139744 | discolouration | |
#144647 | derogate | |
#225345 | besmirch | |
#278353 | aspersion | |
#314700 | contumely |
How to use smear in a sentence?
We envisioned and tested the concept of simultaneously treating astronauts’ waste with microbes while producing a biomass that is edible either directly or indirectly, depending on safety concerns, it’s a little strange, but the concept would be a little bit like Marmite or Vegemite, where you’re eating a smear of ‘microbial goo’.
She was talking about what motivates her personally, this is an attempt I think by a paper that has declared for the other candidate to smear Andrea.
George Santos represents the kind of progress than the Left is so threatened by – a gay, Latino, first generation American and Republican who won a Biden district in overwhelming fashion by showing everyday voters that there is a better option than the broken promises and failed policies of the Democratic Party. After four years in the public eye, and on the verge of being sworn in as a member of the Republican led 118th Congress, the New York Times launches this shotgun blast of attacks, it is no surprise that Congressman-elect Santos has enemies at the New York Times who are attempting to smear his good name with these defamatory allegations. As Winston Churchill famously stated, ‘You have enemies? Good. It means that you’ve stood up for something, sometime in you life,'.
In essence it’s a massive smear campaign in which Israel’s ancient history in this land is systematically erased and replaced with an invented Palestinian narrative. The main target of this campaign are young westerners who are simply too ignorant to fight back with facts.
This entire Chantilly Virginia debacle showed one of the weaknesses of Democratic Party which is focusing on their Trump-hate, the same kind of vitriol that they’ve been attacking Rush with since the beginning of the program … They do n’t rely on facts, they just want to smear and discredit their political opponents rather than engage them and it is starting to backfire.
Translations for smear
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- untar, empastifar, escamparCatalan, Valencian
- schmierenGerman
- fifamigi, ŝmiriEsperanto
- manchar, difamar, untar, embadurnar, aplicar, cubrir, manchaSpanish
- panetellaFinnish
- frottis, traînée, trace, badigeonner, diffamerFrench
- macchia, macchiare, sbavatura, spalmare, denigrare, diffamare, imbrattare, sbavareItalian
- 塗り付ける, 塗るJapanese
- topeMāori
- smeren, lasteren, insmeren, uitsmerenDutch
- hawiyQuechua
- badijona, frotiuRomanian
- марать, мазать, замарать, смазывать, размазать, смазать, размазывать, намазатьRussian
- mȁzati, мазатиSerbo-Croatian
- smetaSwedish
- ละเลงThai
- мазокUkrainian
- שמירןYiddish
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