smear

• smear

smear

Noun

slanderous defamation

Synonyms:

• smear
• vilification
• malignment

Noun

a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

Synonyms:

• smear
• cytologic smear
• cytosmear

Noun

a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"

Synonyms:

• smudge
• spot
• blot
• daub
• smear
• smirch
• slur

Noun

an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

Synonyms:

• blot
• smear
• smirch
• spot
• stain

Verb

stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

Synonyms:

• smear

Verb

make a smudge on; soil by smudging

Synonyms:

• smear
• blur
• smudge
• smutch

Verb

cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"

Synonyms:

• daub
• 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"

Synonyms:

• defame
• slander
• smirch
• asperse
• denigrate
• calumniate
• smear
• sully
• besmirch