| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A discolored mark made by smearing: blot, blotch, daub, smear, smirch, smutch, splotch, stain. See MARKS. | | VERB: | 1. To contaminate the reputation of: befoul, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, dirty, smear, smut, soil, spatter, stain, sully, taint, tarnish. Idioms: give a black eye to, sling (or throw) mud on. See ATTACK, CLEAN. 2. To make dirty: befoul, begrime, besmirch, besoil, black, blacken, defile, dirty, smutch, soil, sully. See CLEAN. 3. To spread with a greasy, sticky, or dirty substance: bedaub, besmear, dab1, daub, plaster, smear, smirch. See PUT ON.
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