smear
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Sense: Verb: dirty
Synonyms:
dirty Collocations, smudge Collocations, streak Collocations, soil Collocations, spot Collocations, stain Collocations, mark Collocations, blotch, sully, befoul , besmirch , make sth dirty
Sense: Verb: spread
Synonyms:
spread Collocations, coat Collocations, cover Collocations, rub Collocations, slather, plaster Collocations, daub, besmear , apply Collocations
Sense: Verb: defame
Synonyms:
defame, slander Collocations, libel, cast aspersions on, badmouth , blacken, besmirch, tarnish sb's reputation, drag sb's name through the mud, drag sb's reputation through the mud, talk bad about, sling mud at, backbite, mudrake, smirch, calumniate , malign, defile, sully, blot, denigrate, asperse , vilify, lie about
Sense: Verb: defeat
Synonyms:
defeat Collocations, beat Collocations, trounce, cream Collocations , obliterate, annihilate, destroy Collocations, decimate, thrash , clobber , wallop , whip Collocations , smoke Collocations, wipe the floor with , best Collocations, conquer Collocations, vanquish, whup , slaughter Collocations
Sense: Noun: smudge
Synonyms:
smudge Collocations, stain Collocations, streak Collocations, spot Collocations, mark Collocations, blotch, blob, patch Collocations
Sense: Noun: defamation
Synonyms:
defamation, defaming, slander Collocations, libel, character assassination , slur Collocations, attack Collocations, vilification, vilifying, calumny, calumniation , badmouthing , backbiting, aspersion, casting aspersions on, blackening of sb's name