| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A discolored mark made by smearing: blot, blotch, daub, smirch, smudge, smutch, splotch, stain. See MARKS. 2. An attempt to destroy someone's reputation: mudslinging, smear campaign. See PRAISE. | | VERB: | 1. To contaminate the reputation of: befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, dirty, smudge, smut, soil, spatter, stain, sully, taint, tarnish. Idioms: give a black eye to, sling (or throw) mud on. See ATTACK, CLEAN. 2. Slang. To render totally ineffective by decisive defeat: annihilate, crush, drub, overpower, overwhelm, smash, steamroller, thrash, trounce, vanquish. Informal : massacre, wallop. Slang : clobber, cream, shellac. See WIN. 3. To spread with a greasy, sticky, or dirty substance: bedaub, besmear, dab1, daub, plaster, smirch, smudge. See PUT ON.
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