to smirch
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9.9
- verb
- /smɪrʧ/
- Archaic
:
manchar
- His reputation was smirched by false rumors spread online.
Examples
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Be careful not to smirch your dress while eating spaghetti.
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She accidentally smirched her dress with greasy hands while cooking.
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The muddy footprints smirched the once spotless carpet.
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Don't smirch your clothes while painting!
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The mud smirched her beautiful dress.
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His reputation was smirched by unfounded rumors spreading through the town.
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The child smirched his hands by playing in the mud after the rain.
Synonyms
60
4.9
To make something like metal or a reputation lose its shine
59
4.5
To make something dirty with mud or dirt
14
1.0
To make something unclean or covered with dirt
14
8.8
Make a person or company look bad by saying bad things about them
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3.6
To damage a surface by scraping it with something
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3.5
To make something dirty with mud
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5.5
To make something look less perfect or attractive
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5.3
To damage how something looks or its quality
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6.6
To make something dirty by covering it with dirt or soot
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3.5
To make something dirty with wet dirt, for example shoes or floors
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9.4
To cover something with dark dirt so it becomes dirty
To make a dirty mark or smudge on something
To stain something with black dirt or soot
To make something dirty with black dust
To make something dirty with mud or dirt
To cover someone or something with mud
To make something look dirty or faded
To make something dirty or spoil its reputation
To make something dirty or stained
Antonyms
How Dirty
Surface Forms
Etymology
Smirch is related to the common word smear, which means 'to spread a dirty mark', so imagine dragging mud across a shirt. So to smirch something is to 'stain' or make it dirty.