to smutch
- verb
- /smʌtʃ/
- Archaic
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- Make sure to cover the table with a cloth so that it doesn't get smutched while we eat.
Examples
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A brawny slattern, with a beehive of hair dyed red and a smutched apron, answered the knocker.
Fiction book (1993) -
He smutched the clean paper when he accidentally spilled ink on it.
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The child's hands were smutched after playing with the muddy toys.
Synonyms
126
7.3
To make something harmful or spoil its quality
63
3.7
To spread a substance over a surface in a messy way
61
3.6
To make something hard to see or understand
60
4.9
To make something like metal or a reputation lose its shine
30
3.7
To make something dirty or blurred by rubbing
14
8.8
Make a person or company look bad by saying bad things about them
1
3.5
To make something dirty with wet dirt, for example shoes or floors
To stain something with black dirt or soot
To make something dirty or spoil its reputation
Antonyms
How Dirty
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word smutch is related to the common word smut, which means 'dirt' or 'stain', and it also sounds like smudge, a word for a dirty smear that helps you remember it. So, smutch means to make a dirty mark or to 'smear' something, which is why we use it when a page or dress gets stained.