smirch

smirch
Synonyms and related words:
aspersion, attaint, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bedarken, bedaub, begrime, bend sinister, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, besmutch, besoil, bespatter, bestain, black, black eye, black mark, blacken, blackening, blackwash, bloodstain, blot, blotch, blur, brand, broad arrow, call names, censure, champain, charcoal, cork, dab, darken, darkening, daub, defile, denigrate, denigration, dinge, dirty, discolor, disparagement, ebonize, engage in personalities, eyesore, fleck, flick, flyspeck, foul, grime, heap dirt upon, imputation, ink, macula, maculation, macule, mark, mark of Cain, melanization, melanize, muckrake, murk, nigrification, nigrify, onus, oversmoke, patch, pillorying, point champain, reflection, reprimand, reproach, revile, scorch, sear, shade, shading, shadow, singe, slubber, slur, smear, smirching, smoke, smooch, smouch, smudge, smudging, smut, smutch, smutching, soil, soilage, soilure, soot, spatter, speck, speckle, splash, splatter, splotch, spot, stain, stigma, stigmatism, stigmatization, stigmatize, sully, taint, tarnish, throw mud at, vilify

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  • Smirch — Smirch, v. t. [From the root of smear.] To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully. [1913 Webster] I ll . . . with a kind of umber smirch my face. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • smirch´er — smirch «smurch», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to make dirty; soil as with soot, dirt, or dust. 2. Figurative: »This is an attempt by the Attorney General to smirch the union (James Hoffa). SYNONYM(S): dishonor, disgrace, taint, tarnish, sully. –n. 1. a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Smirch — Smirch, n. A smutch; a dirty stain. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • smirch — index attaint, brand, brand (stigmatize), defamation, defame, denigrate, derogate, disgrace (noun) …   Law dictionary

  • smirch — late 15c., to discolor, to make dirty, perhaps from O.Fr. esmorcher to torture, perhaps also befoul, stain, from es out + morcher to bite, from L. morsus, pp. of mordere to bite (see SMART (Cf. smart) (v.)). Sense of dishonor, disgrace, discredit …   Etymology dictionary

  • smirch — *soil, dirty, sully, tarnish, foul, befoul, besmirch, grime, begrime …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • smirch — ► VERB 1) make dirty. 2) discredit; taint. ► NOUN 1) a dirty mark or stain. 2) a flaw. ORIGIN probably symbolic …   English terms dictionary

  • smirch — [smʉrch] vt. [ME smorchen, prob. < OFr esmorcher, to hurt < es (< L ex), intens. + pp. of mordre, to bite, hurt: see MORDANT] 1. to make dirty or discolor as by smearing or staining with grime 2. to sully or dishonor (a reputation, good… …   English World dictionary

  • smirch — be·smirch; be·smirch·ment; smirch; …   English syllables

  • smirch — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English smorchen Date: 15th century 1. a. to make dirty, stained, or discolored ; sully b. to smear with something that stains or dirties 2. to bring discredit or disgrace on • smirch noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • smirch — smirchless, adj. /smerrch/, v.t. 1. to discolor or soil; spot or smudge with or as with soot, dust, dirt, etc. 2. to sully or tarnish (a person, reputation, character, etc.); disgrace; discredit. n. 3. a dirty mark or smear, as of soot, dust,… …   Universalium

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