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Synonyms 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
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
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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?
The only way he [Trump] can win in 2020 requires him to absolutely smear his opponent ... hes got to go after people in a way that I think most people will say is beyond belief.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell owes an apology to Dr. Ford for labeling her allegations a' smear job.' Let me repeat that, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell owes an apology to Dr. Ford for labeling her allegations a' smear job' and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should apologize to her immediately, it is galling -- galling for the Republican leader who has done more than maybe anyone else to politicize the Supreme Court nomination process, to make these trumped up, hyperbolic charges.
Those who have enflamed this issue into a racially charged issue should be utterly ASHAMED of themselves, the people who have fallen for this frame-up to smear Coach Laaperi are not worthy of being any part of the discussion regarding this event as it is their intent to try and fan the flames of racism where none existed.
This effort to publicly smear a media organization just for having the temerity to cover and comment on allegations being pressed by the sitting President of the United States should be now recognized for what it is: a blatant violation of the First Amendment.
You demonize...we call it the wrap-up smear, you smear somebody with falsehoods and all the rest, and then you merchandise it and then you write it and say, See, it's reported in the press that this, this, and this... so they have that validation that the press reported the smear and then it's called a wrap-up-smear and the merchandise is the press' report on the smear we made. It's a tactic, and it's self-evident.
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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