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🙈 A person who smears 🖌️ A blending tool
smudger

smudger

7.2
Someone or something that makes marks by rubbing
  • noun
  • /ˈsmʌdʒər/
translation icon : manchador
  • After finishing his painting, the artist realized he had become a bit of a smudger, accidentally blending the colors together.

Examples

  • The makeup artist used a smudger to create a soft, smoky look for the model's eyes.

  • I'm going to take the Smudger end and kind of smudge a little, smoke it out.

  • I'm just using the smudger tip to kind of just smudge and clean.

  • As a smudger, she often left behind ink stains on her hands from the art projects.

Synonyms

scuffler
vssmudger
8.4

Someone or something that scrapes a surface and leaves marks

creates blurred marks or stains and can act intentionally or accidentally
defacer
vssmudger
7.5

A person who damages public walls and buildings by writing or painting on them

can make marks accidentally and need not aim to spoil appearance

Antonyms

cleaner
108 1.0

A liquid or powder used to clean surfaces

eraser
  • US
22 1.0

A small rubber or plastic tool for removing pencil marks

Surface Forms

smudger singular
smudgers plural

Morphology

smudger = smudge (transparent) = smudge + er

The agent/instrument suffix '-er' attaches to the verb 'smudge' with the expected meaning 'one that smudges' or 'a tool that smudges'.

Etymology

Smudger comes from the verb smudge, which means 'to make a dirty or blurred mark', and the ending -er meaning 'one who does something'. So a smudger is someone or something that makes smears or stains.