Smear

//smiɚ//

Synonyms for "smear" (374 found)

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Closest matches (75)

Verb(39 words)

blur smudge besmirch daub smirch sully asperse calumniate defame denigrate slander smutch bedaub befoul besmear bewray blacken blot dirty foul

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plaster spot stain tarnish apply assassinate assoil backbite badmouth beclart bedirty bedizen befile befilth begrime belibel beray beshit besully

blot coat daub defame smudge spread stain anoint apply paint asperse aspersion attack attaint badge of infamy bar sinister baton beat bedaub bedizen beeswax

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befoul begild begrime bend sinister besmear besmirch besmoke besmutch besoil bespatter bestain biopsy black black eye black mark

Noun(1 words)

slur

Strong matches (112)

blacken blackening blank bloodstain blotch blow upon blur brand broad arrow brush on paint bulldoze butter calcimine call names calumniate calumny censure champain character assassination clobber

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Verb(31 words)

blackwash blame blaze blemish calumny chat shit chat shite clat cloud coat contaminate cover darken defile demonize deprave depreciate detract dirten discredit

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disgrace disparage disrepute diss drag through the mud elt file foil forgab gunk gunk up

Noun(6 words)

blot calumny cervical smear cytologic smear cytosmear daub

Related words (187)

heap dirt upon hue illuminate imbue imputation ingrain japan lacquer lambaste lard lay it on thick lay on lay on color libel lick lubricate macula maculation macule malicious defamation

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Verb(39 words)

infamize inquinate lampoon layer libel malign monsterize muddy reproach revile scandal scunge shit talk shit-talk slag sling mud slotter slur smut soil

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soss sowl spatter speak ill of spread stab sullow talk shit talk shite talk trash torch traduce trash-talk uggle unflatter vilify vilipend villainize wrong

Noun(11 words)

malignment mudslinging pap test slander smirch smudge spot squash stain streak vilification

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

8 relation types

More general

23 entries

accuse begrime bemire blemish calumniation calumny charge colly cover cytologic specimen defamation defect dirty error fault grime

Showing 16 of 23 words.

Synonyms

8 entries

blot coat daub defame pap smear smudge spread streak

derived

16 entries

Papanicolaou smear asmear besmear blood smear cervical smear leap smear marrow smear pap smear smear campaign smear case smear frame smear test smear the queer smear-case smearer smeary

has context

3 entries

climbing medicine music

is a

2 entries

cytologic specimen defamation

manner of

2 entries

dirty rub

related to

13 entries

attack bad bad name foothold glissando hold jazz make make mess maneuver mess name pap smear

similar

2 entries

daub stain

Translations

162 translations across 40 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

ly verb (to spread (a substance))
ly verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)

Arabic

2 entries

دَهَنَ verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)
لَوَّثَ verb (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

sürtmək verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)
yaxmaq verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)

Bashkir

3 entries

һөртөлөү verb (to become spread by smearing)
һөртөү verb (to spread (a substance))
һөртөү verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)

Bulgarian

4 entries

леке noun (mark)
петно noun (mark)
мажа verb (to spread (a substance))
намазвам verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)

Catalan

3 entries

empastifar verb (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations)
escampar verb (to spread (a substance))
untar verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)

Chickasaw

2 entries

aabi verb (to spread (a substance))
aabi verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

塗抹 /涂抹 verb (to spread (a substance))
毀謗 /毁谤 verb (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations)
誹謗 /诽谤 verb (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations)

Czech

4 entries

šmouha noun (mark)
namazat verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)
očernit verb (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations)
pomazat verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)

Dutch

4 entries

insmeren verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)
lasteren verb (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations)
smeren verb (to spread (a substance))
uitsmeren verb (to spread (a substance))

Esperanto

4 entries

ŝmiraĵo noun (mark)
fifamigi verb (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations)
ŝmiri verb (to spread (a substance))
ŝmiri verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)

Finnish

4 entries

tahra noun (mark)
töhry noun (mark)
levittää verb (to spread (a substance))
loata verb (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations)

French

4 entries

frottis noun (mark)
trace noun (mark)
traînée noun (mark)
badigeonner verb (to spread (a substance))

Galician

2 entries

untar verb (to spread (a substance))
untar verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)

Georgian

3 entries

გლესვა verb (to spread (a substance))
ჩირქს სცხებს verb (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations)
წასმა verb (to spread (a substance))

German

4 entries

beschmieren verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)
diffamieren verb (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations)
schmieren verb (to spread (a substance))
schmirre verb (to spread (a substance))

Hebrew

1 entries

מָרַח verb (to spread (a substance))

Irish

1 entries

smearadh noun (mark)

Italian

4 entries

macchia noun (mark)
sbavatura noun (mark)
denigrare verb (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations)
diffamare verb (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations)

Japanese

2 entries

塗り付ける verb (to spread (a substance))
塗る verb (to spread (a substance))

Latin

1 entries

linō verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)

Macedonian

4 entries

да́мка noun (mark)
ма́чка verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)
мачка verb (to spread (a substance))
на́мачка verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)

Māori

4 entries

tope noun (mark)
muku verb (to spread (a substance))
muku verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)
mukumuku verb (to spread (a substance))

Old English

1 entries

smierwan verb (to spread (a substance))

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

بولامق verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)

Polish

4 entries

maźnięcie noun (mark)
mazać verb (to spread (a substance))
mazać verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)
pomazać verb (to spread (a substance))

Portuguese

4 entries

esfregaço noun (preparation to be examined under a microscope)
macha noun (mark)
lambuzar verb (to spread (a substance))
manchar verb (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations)

Quechua

1 entries

hawiy verb (to spread (a substance))

Romanian

2 entries

frotiu noun (mark)
badijona verb (to spread (a substance))

Russian

4 entries

замара́ть verb (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations)
ма́зать verb (to spread (a substance))
ма́зать verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)
мара́ть verb (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations)

Sanskrit

1 entries

लिम्पति verb (to spread (a substance))

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

mȁzati verb (to spread (a substance))
мазати verb (to spread (a substance))

Spanish

4 entries

churrete noun (mark)
mancha noun (mark)
aplicar verb (to spread (a substance))
calumniar verb (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations)

Swedish

2 entries

utstryk noun (preparation to be examined under a microscope)
smutskasta verb (to damage someone's reputation by slandering, making false accusations)

Tagalog

1 entries

kulapol noun (mark)

Tamil

3 entries

இழிசு verb (to spread (a substance))
தடவு verb (to spread (a substance))
பூசு verb (to spread (a substance))

Thai

4 entries

ทา verb (to spread (a substance))
ทา verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)
ปาด verb (to spread (a substance))
ป้าย verb (to spread (a substance))

Tongan

1 entries

pani verb (to spread (a substance))

Turkish

1 entries

yaymak verb (to spread (a substance))

Yiddish

3 entries

פּאַטשקען verb (to spread (a substance))
שמירן verb (to spread (a substance))
שמירן verb (to spread (a surface) with a substance)

Sample sentences

56 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I'd like to have a Pap smear done.

Source: tatoeba (245645)

The ruling party is running a smear campaign against the opposition.

Source: tatoeba (324786)

Put them on the baking pan and smear them with egg whites.

Source: tatoeba (1159730)

"Father, in thy charge remain / Troy's gods; for me, red-handed with the smear / of blood, and fresh from slaughter, 'twere profane / to touch them, ere the stream hath cleansed me of the stain."

Source: tatoeba (6878685)

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