1. smear - noun
· slanderous defamation
Synonym(s): vilification, malignment
Hypernym(s): defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet_job
2. smear - noun
· a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
Synonym(s): cytologic_smear, cytosmear
Hypernym(s): cytologic_specimen
3. smear - noun
· a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
Synonym(s): smudge, spot, blot, daub, smirch, slur
Hypernym(s): blemish, defect, mar
4. smear - noun
· an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"
Synonym(s): blot, smirch, spot, stain
Hypernym(s): mistake, error, fault
5. smear - verb
· stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
Hypernym(s): dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
6. smear - verb
· make a smudge on; soil by smudging
Synonym(s): blur, smudge, smutch
Hypernym(s): rub
7. smear - verb
· cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"
Synonym(s): daub
Hypernym(s): cover
8. smear - verb
· 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"
Synonym(s): defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, sully, besmirch
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