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smear

noun

1 smear

Slanderous defamation.

synonyms: malignment, vilification.

2 smear

A thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope.

synonyms: cytologic smear, cytosmear.

Dutch: uitsmeren, smeren
Polish: rozmaz

3 smear

A blemish made by dirt.

synonyms: blot, daub, slur, smirch, smudge, spot.

Dutch: schandvlek, klad, smet, vlek
Polish: plama

4 smear

An act that brings discredit to the person who does it.

synonyms: blot, smirch, spot, stain.

Polish: plama

verb

1 smear

Stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance.

2 smear

Make a smudge on; soil by smudging.

synonyms: blur, smudge, smutch.

Roget 653: be unclean, become unclean etc. adj.; rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek; stink etc. 401; mold, ... show more

3 smear

Cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it:
— Smear the wall with paint.

synonym: daub.

Dutch: lasteren, uitsmeren

4 smear

Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.

synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smirch, sully.

Dutch: kleineren, denigreren, smaden, roddelen, kwaadspreken, vals beschuldigen, bekladden, belasteren, bezwadderen, lasteren ... show more


Moby thesaurus: anoint, apply paint, asperse, aspersion, attack, attaint, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, beat, bedaub, bedizen, beeswax, befoul, begild, begrime, bend sinister, besmear, besmirch, besmoke ... show more.

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