smirch
- noun
- /smɜːrtʃ/
- Archaic
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difamación
- Even a minor smirch on her record could damage her chances of promotion.
Examples
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The scandal left an indelible smirch on his political career.
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The scandal was a serious smirch on her reputation.
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He tried to deny any smirch on his integrity, but the evidence was clear.
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The smirch was unfair.
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Even a minor smirch on her record could damage her chances of promotion.
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The scandal left an indelible smirch on his political career.
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The scandal was a serious smirch on her reputation.
Synonyms
55
7.4
False or damaging words meant to hurt someone's reputation
54
7.4
An insulting remark that harms someone's reputation
49
5.7
A false or unfair statement meant to hurt 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
16
5.5
An organized effort to hurt someone's reputation by making false or unfair accusations
15
7.3
Hurts someone's reputation on purpose by spreading false or harmful stories
11
9.8
A remark that says bad things about someone to hurt their reputation
9
4.7
An event that hurts how people see someone
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
3
6.3
A mark that damages a person's reputation or record
1
8.6
A remark or action that unfairly harms someone's reputation
1
9.9
A mark that harms a person's reputation
Damage to a person's good name by saying untrue things
Telling lies about someone to harm what people think of them
An attempt to damage someone's reputation by making false claims
Full of unfair personal attacks meant to damage someone's reputation
An insult that harms someone's reputation or dignity
A rude word for a mark or event that badly damages someone's reputation
Antonyms
How Damaging
- Formal
40
7.1
55
6.1
- Archaic
- Specialized
44
6.6
- Offensive
54
7.4
34
6.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Smirch grew from the idea of a small stain and came to mean a stain on a person's character or record, much like a visible mark on clothes. So a smirch on someone's reputation is a 'mark' that makes people trust them less.