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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
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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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make black
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Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
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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?
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.
The more the hostile forces including Japan become desperate in their attempt to smear the dignity of our people and sabotage our system under the disguise of 'human rights issues', the stronger our socialist system will grow.
I'm not going to have people try to smear me that belong to a political party that has elevated antisemites to the halls of Congress, like( US Rep.) Ilhan Omar, that have played footsie with the( boycott Israel) movement.
I can afford a lawyer and have the best people defending me but a lot of people don't make a lot of money and if you're a lower name you might get run over by USADA, i feel you can't put a price on the fact I have to deal with this situation... and the smear of my reputation.
It appears on a whole range of stories they are in the lying and smear campaigning business, my experience does not look like an isolated incident.These guys play dirty, and I have seen it firsthand. NUNES FILES $ 9.9 M LAWSUIT AGAINST FUSION GPS, ALLEGING SMEAR CAMPAIGN AND RICO VIOLATIONS He continued :.
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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