All smear synonyms
smear
S s verb smear
- dispraise β to speak of as undeserving or unworthy; censure; disparage.
- blow off β If you blow something off, you ignore it or choose not to deal with it.
- be-little β to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- blur β A blur is a shape or area which you cannot see clearly because it has no distinct outline or because it is moving very fast.
- mucking β moist farmyard dung, decaying vegetable matter, etc.; manure.
- glueing β Present participle of glue; obsolete spelling of gluing.
- coat β A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.
- discolour β Alternative spelling of discolor.
- cudgelled β a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- dis-favored β unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
- dissing β to show disrespect for; affront.
- whitewash β a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
- dab β DAB is the transmission of digital stereo over conventional radio channels. DAB is an abbreviation for 'digital audio broadcasting'.
- marbles β metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- call down β to request or invoke
- bedraggle β to make (hair, clothing, etc) limp, untidy, or dirty, as with rain or mud
- enamelled β (British) Simple past tense and past participle of enamel.
- bespatter β to splash all over, as with dirty water
- maculate β spotted; stained.
- discolor β to change or spoil the color of; fade or stain.
- gluing β a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- blotched β Something that is blotched has blotches on it.
- humiliate β to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- muddying β Cause to become covered in or full of mud.
- embrocate β (medicine, transitive) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.
- marbling β metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in sculpture and architecture.
- crusted β If something is crusted with a substance, it is covered with a hard or thick layer of that substance.
- caricaturing β a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- mark β Marcus Alonzo ("Mark") 1837β1904, U.S. merchant and politician: senator 1897β1904.
- muckrake β to search for and expose real or alleged corruption, scandal, or the like, especially in politics.
- blistered β a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- enamelling β (British) present participle of enamel.
- asperse β to spread false rumours about; defame
- faulting β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- bad mouth β Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- grease β the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state.
- backstab β to attack in a deceitful manner
- bludgeoned β a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- lambaste β to beat or whip severely.
- impugn β to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- downing β a downward movement; descent.
- cudgelling β a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- bemean β to make mean; demean; debase (usually used reflexively).
noun smear
- brickbat β Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.
- character assassination β A character assassination is a deliberate attempt to destroy someone's reputation, especially by criticizing them in an unfair and dishonest way when they are not present.
- minimization β to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- libel β the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals: blood libels that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
- calumny β Calumny or a calumny is an untrue statement made about someone in order to reduce other people's respect and admiration for them.
- dirty laundry β personal or private matters that could cause embarrassment if made public: You didn't have to air our dirty linen to all your friends!
- aspersion β a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))