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Antonyms for smear
smɪərsmear
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smear, vilification, malignmentnoun
slanderous defamation
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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
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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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How to use smear in a sentence?
The operation was a success and I was cancer free for nearly two years. I had smear tests every three mons and every time they came back normal.
This is a smear, pure and simple, we believe in the Indian legal system. A campaign is being waged against dissent, but we will not be cowed.
Limbaugh Show producer James Golden:
They did everything they could with their allies in the mainstream press, who have very little intellectual honesty, to smear him and shade any story that they could to discredit him. And then, they actively – members of Congress who are supposed to support this Constitution of ours – wanted to shut down Rush’s First Amendment right to speak and shut down this program – thankfully they were not successful in doing it – but they honestly did try.
I wish I had been given a smear test when I first visited my doctor as it might have saved my life.
Natalia engaged Glenn Simpson and Fusion GPS in order to run an anti-Magnitsky Act smear campaign in Washington D.C. which was funded by sources connected to the Russian government.
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