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Defenition of the word smear

    • Defenition of the word smear

      • To spread (a substance) across a surface by rubbing.
      • an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
      • cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the paint onto the wall"
      • 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"
      • a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide for examination under a microscope
      • stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
      • spread or daub over
      • make a smudge on; soil by smudging
      • slanderous defamation
      • a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
      • a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
      • 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"
      • cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
      • an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
      • a blemish made by dirt
      • charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
      • cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

    Synonyms for the word smear

      • affront
      • asperse
      • bedaub
      • besmear
      • besmirch
      • blot
      • blotch
      • blur
      • bring into disrepute
      • calumniate
      • coat
      • cover
      • daub
      • defame
      • denigrate
      • discredit
      • disgrace
      • insult
      • malignment
      • mark
      • slander
      • slight
      • slur
      • smirch
      • smudge
      • smutch
      • splotch
      • spot
      • spread
      • stain
      • sully
      • tarnish
      • vilification
      • wipe

    Similar words in the smear

      • smear
      • smeared
      • smearing
      • smears

    Hyponyms for the word smear

      • alimentary tract smear
      • assassinate
      • badmouth
      • besmirch
      • blood
      • blotch
      • bronchoscopic smear
      • cervical smear
      • drag through the mud
      • dust
      • fingermark
      • fingerprint
      • inkblot
      • libel
      • lower respiratory tract smear
      • malign
      • moil
      • Pap smear
      • Papanicolaou smear
      • resmudge
      • smirch
      • splodge
      • splotch
      • sputum smear
      • traduce
      • vaginal smear

    Hypernyms for the word smear

      • accuse
      • begrime
      • bemire
      • blemish
      • calumniation
      • calumny
      • charge
      • colly
      • cover
      • cytologic specimen
      • defamation
      • defect
      • dirty
      • error
      • fault
      • grime
      • hatchet job
      • mar
      • mistake
      • obloquy
      • rub
      • sample
      • soil
      • traducement

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