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Adapted From: WordNet 2.0 Copyright 2003 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
| smear | | A | noun | | 1 | blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain
| | | | an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" | | | Category Tree: | | 2 | smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur
| | | | a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" | | | Category Tree: | | 3 | smear, cytologic smear, cytosmear
| | | | a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope | | | Category Tree: | | 4 | smear, vilification, malignment
| | | | slanderous defamation | | | Category Tree: | | B | verb | | 1 | defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch
| | | | 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" | | | Category Tree: | | 2 | daub, smear
| | | | cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" | | | Category Tree: | | 3 | smear, blur, smudge, smutch
| | | | make a smudge on; soil by smudging | | | Category Tree: | | 4 | smear
| | | | stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance | | | Category Tree: |
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