smut
13
8.8
- noun
- /smʌt/
- Offensive
:
pornografía
- We're not going to allow this sort of smut on the screen.
I actually really like Emily Henry's smut, or at least in this one I do.
- I actually really like Emily Henry's smut, or at least in this one I do.
- Looks like he writes smut about Paisley fedoras.
- So I actually kind of enjoyed the smut in a sense in that way.
Examples
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And apparently I was up too late reading my smut in bed.
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You bought this smut?
Fiction book (1998) -
So I actually kind of enjoyed the smut in a sense in that way.
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What smut are you reading now?
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I agree with you, this smut on this show could be the kiss of death.
Blog text (32) -
Since when do you read this smut?
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We wanted our children to be brought up in a smut-free environment!
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Beeson says she looks to technology rather than the law for help in protecting children from online smut.
Academic text (1997) -
King is the real villain here, and no one is calling him out for letting this smut go unchallenged.
Blog text (19) -
I couldn't help but laugh at the smutty jokes in the comedy show.
Synonyms
341
5.2
Photos, films, or writing that show sex to make people want sex
138
7.2
Images and films that show sex and naked people to make people want sex
126
8.0
Books, pictures or films made mainly to make people feel sexual desire
50
7.4
Sexual or rude material that offends people
45
7.0
Strong rude words that shock or upset people
17
8.0
Books, photos or films that show people having sex to make people feel sexual desire
12
6.3
Behavior or speech people find offensive and wrong
Compounds
- Specialized
A disease of grain caused by a fungus that makes dark powder inside the husks
- Specialized
A disease of rice that covers the grains with a green powder of fungus spores
- Specialized
A disease of wheat and other grasses that makes dark streaks and black dust
- Specialized
A disease of wheat and other grasses that makes dark powdery streaks on leaves and stems
- Specialized
A disease of wheat or barley that turns the grain head into a powder of fungus
- Specialized
A fungal disease that makes corn or sorghum flowers turn into a black spore mass covered by a thin skin
- Specialized
A disease caused by a fungus that makes black blisters on onion leaves and young plants
- Specialized
A small living thing that grows on plants and makes black dusty spots often on wheat or corn
- Specialized
A disease that affects wheat and similar grains, turning grains into dark, smelly masses
- Specialized
Plant disease that attacks wheat leaves and stems, causing dark streaks and lower crop yields
How Obscene
- Offensive
10
7.2
- Offensive
138
7.2
- Offensive
13
8.8
- Offensive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Smut originally meant a black stain or soot. Because it was used for 'dirt', people began to call filthy stories 'smut', which is why smut now means sexual or indecent material.