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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?
They're using these very highly edited videos, sensationalized videos, to try to impugn and smear the name of Planned Parenthood, these activists, these militant anti-abortion activists...do nothing to improve the health and safety of women.
The 2,000-word summation of a 30-minute phone call released by White House makes clear that days after the President ordered the delay of Congressionally-appropriated military assistance to Ukraine, he implored the President of Ukraine to work with his personal attorney to manufacture a smear against a domestic political opponent, using a malicious conspiracy theory that has been universally debunked by every independent outlet that has looked at it.
It's tabloid smear, and it is a smear that has come from Donald Trump and his henchmen.
Limbaugh Show producer James Golden:
It was n’t until Rush spoke up against Democrat policies that they started giving him those horrible names, president Trump has suffered more defamation of President Trump character than any president in modern times because these people are relentless in their opposition to President Trump -- and they can not argue it on merit, so they use ad hominem attacks to smear and castigate their opponents.
Democrats have signaled for months they'd put on whatever performance the far left special interests demanded and throw all the mud, all the mud they could manufacture, even by the far left's standards, this evil, evil smear campaign has hit a new low.
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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