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Noun Smirch has 2 senses

• smirch(n = noun.attribute) blot, daub, slur, smear, smudge, spot - a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
is a kind of blemish, defect, mar
has particulars: blotch, splodge, splotch, fingermark, fingerprint, inkblot
Derived form verb smirch₁

• smirch(n = noun.act) blot, smear, spot, stain - an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
is a kind of error, fault, mistake
Derived form verb smirch₂

Verb Smirch has 2 senses

• smirch(v = verb.contact) besmirch - smear so as to make dirty or stained; Array
is one way to smear
Derived form noun smirch₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• smirch(v = verb.communication) asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, sully - charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!"; "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
is one way to accuse, charge
Derived form noun smirch₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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THESAURUS

Smirch

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

Uncleanness

VB be unclean, become unclean, rot, putrefy, ferment, fester, rankle, reek, stink, mold, molder, go bad, render unclean, dirt, dirty, daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear, smirch, begrease, dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle, spatter, slubber, besmear, bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul, splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven, corrupt, cover with dust, drabble in the mud, roil, wallow in the mire, slobber, slabber.

Blackness

VB be black, render black, blacken, infuscate, denigrate, blot, blotch, smutch, smirch, darken, black, sable, swarthy, somber, dark, inky, ebony, ebon, atramentous, jetty, coal-black, jet-black, fuliginous, pitchy, sooty, swart, dusky, dingy, murky, Ethiopic, low-toned, low in tone, of the deepest dye, black as jet, black as my hat, black as a shoe, black as a tinker's pot, black as November, black as thunder, black as midnight, nocturnal, nigrescent, gray, obscure.

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