smear
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5.7
- noun
- /smɪr/
:
calumnia
- After three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead.
- a smear campaign
- smear tactics
The third is that smear campaigns and smear campaigners are obsessive.
- The third is that smear campaigns and smear campaigners are obsessive.
- It's this mishmash of fact, fiction, smear and fabricating a lie.
- And then now I'm just, there can be smear articles and I'm like, Oh yeah, it really doesn't bother me.
- Chinese Embassy denied all allegations, saying it was unfounded and irresponsible smears and slanders high profile cyber espionage.
- Flying monkeys, smear campaigns, charm, charisma, you name it.
- So they bribed politicians, they bribed journalists to basically concoct a smear campaign.
- And I think the only righteous option is to is to oppose these labels, these smear campaigns that target us.
- This feels slightly like like a smear campaign from some of my my friends because I don't leave the house.
Examples
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His reputation was hurt by a series of unfair smears spread by his rivals.
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It's a smear campaign, Charlie.
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And you will see the birth of the smear campaign for sure.
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Okay, so we all agree this was a smear attempt at Perry.
Blog text (1) -
Right now, the most powerful media machine on the entire planet... is planning a smear campaign like nothing you've ever seen.
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Third, the claim of "a serious conflict of interest" is just a personal smear unworthy of further response.
Blog text (2) -
But clearly, the origins of this whole smear are from the Kremlin.
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Let's stop with the campaign smears and tactics to get people to turn against us.
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Smear campaigns, public statements by prominent bishops.
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It quotes Richard Scruggs calling it the worst kind... of an organized smear campaign against a whistle-blower.
Synonyms
54
7.4
An insulting remark that harms someone's reputation
40
7.1
To harm someone's reputation by saying untrue things about them in public
34
6.8
A mark on someone's reputation that makes others respect them less
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7.0
Trying to damage someone's reputation with false or harmful statements
15
7.3
Hurts someone's reputation on purpose by spreading false or harmful stories
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9.8
A remark that says bad things about someone to hurt their reputation
6
8.4
Saying or writing very harsh and unfair things about someone to damage their reputation
5
8.4
A written or spoken attack that unfairly hurts someone's reputation
5
8.4
Unfair criticism that makes someone or their work seem bad
4
9.3
A false statement that damages someone's reputation
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6.3
A mark that damages a person's reputation or record
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8.6
A remark or action that unfairly harms someone's reputation
Telling lies about someone to harm what people think of them
A false statement that harms someone's reputation
Harmful false statements about someone that damage their reputation
An attempt to damage someone's reputation by making false claims
Full of unfair personal attacks meant to damage someone's reputation
Damage to a person's good name by saying untrue things
An action that makes someone look bad
Antonyms
Compounds
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5.5
An organized effort to hurt someone's reputation by making false or unfair accusations
- Specialized
12
4.3
A medical test in which a doctor takes cells from a woman's cervix to check for signs of cancer
- UK
1
3.7
A medical test that checks cells from a woman's cervix for signs of cancer or other problems
- Specialized
A sample of cells taken from the lungs with a small camera to check for lung disease
- Specialized
A small sample of cells spread thin on a glass slide to look at under a microscope
- Specialized
A small sample of cells taken from the upper part of the small intestine to check for infection
- Specialized
A medical test that takes cells from the food pipe to look at under a microscope
- Specialized
A sample of cells taken from part of the digestive tract to check for diseases like cancer
- Specialized
A sample from the lungs placed on a slide to look for infection or cancer
- Specialized
A lab test where a sample from the stomach is put on a slide to check for infection
- Specialized
A test that collects cells from the opening of a woman's womb to look for early cancer
- Specialized
A test that examines material from the first part of the small intestine under a microscope to check for infection
- Specialized
A lab test that spreads lung mucus on a slide and checks it under a microscope for disease
- Specialized
A sample of cells taken from the inside of a woman's birth canal to check for infection or unusual cells
How Damaging
- Literature
15
7.3
- Specialized
44
6.6
49
5.7
394
3.1
18
7.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Smear meaning an unfair accusation comes from the idea of 'smearing' something with dirt and the old English smeoran 'to rub'. That's why a 'smear' harms someone's name — like spreading dirt over their reputation.