Besmear

Synonyms for "besmear" (197 found)

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Closest matches (40)

Strong matches (59)

Related words (98)

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Translations

9 translations across 4 languages.

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Bulgarian

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  • измърсявам verb (to smear over, sully)
  • нацапвам verb (to smear over, sully)
  • оплесквам verb (to smear over, sully)
  • размазвам verb (to smear over, sully)

German

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  • beschmieren verb (to smear over, sully)
  • beschmutzen verb (to smear over, sully)
  • verschmieren verb (to smear over, sully)

Latin

1 entries
  • linō verb (to smear over, sully)

Ottoman Turkish

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  • بولامق verb (to smear over, sully)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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I long to ſee thee backe returne from thence, That I may view theſe milk-white ſteeds of mine. All loden with the heads of killed men, And from their knees, euen to their hoofes below, Beſmer’d with blood, that makes a dainty ſhow.

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[…] carters and coachmen, who make in imitation thereof a composition of grease and tar, with which they besmear the inside of the naves of wheels and the extremitys of the axis upon which they move.

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Novv, Sir, vvhen my Time comes, leſt they ſhou'd think it vvorth vvhile to handle my Memory vvith the ſame Freedom, I am vvilling to prevent its being ſo odly beſmear'd (or at beſt but flatly vvhite-vvash'd) by taking upon me to give the Publick This, as true a Picture of myſelf as natural Vanity vvill permit me to dravv; […]

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His public record is already besmeared with tawdry divorces, […]

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