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Another word for smear

smear* Synonyms

smear*

n.

distortion, slander, put-up job*; see deception 1, lie 1, trick 1.

smear Synonyms

smear

v.

To spread
cover, coat, apply; see paint 2, spread 4.
To slander
defame, vilify, libel; see insult, slander.
*To defeat
beat, conquer, trounce; see defeat 2, 3.
To dirty
soil, spot, sully; see dirty.

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Another word for smear

verb

To spread with a greasy, sticky, or dirty substance:
bedaub, besmear, dab¹, daub, plaster, smirch, smudge. See put on
To contaminate the reputation of:
befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, dirty, smudge, smut, soil, spatter, stain, sully, taint, tarnish. Idioms: give a black eye to, sling (or throw) mud on. See attack, clean
(Slang)
To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat:
annihilate, crush, drub, overpower, overwhelm, smash, steamroller, thrash, trounce, vanquish. (Informal) massacre, wallop. (Slang) clobber, cream, shellac. See win

noun

A discolored mark made by smearing:
blot, blotch, daub, smirch, smudge, smutch, splotch, stain. See marks
An attempt to destroy someone's reputation:
mudslinging, smear campaign. See praise

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Home remedies for poison ivy are mostly thought of as odd paste concoctions you smear on the skin; however, many oral medicines such as these can give you the same positive effects without the hassle and mess.
They also melt frankincense as a depilatory, and smear their hands with a paste into the composition of which frankincense enters, for the purpose of communicating to them an attractive perfume.
Unctio, anointing, ungere, unguere, to smear with ointment, to anoint; cf.
A widow must shave her head, smear her body with black and the exudations of the corpse, and wear mourning for a long time.
19 sqq., we read " that the masmasu (priest's magician) is to pass forth to the gateway, sacrifice a sheep in the palace portal, and to smear the threshold and posts of the palace gateway right 'and left with the blood of the lamb."

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