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noun

Definition of smirchnext
as in stain
a mark of guilt or disgrace corruption charges that were a smirch on her reputation

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smirch

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verb

ˈsmərch How to pronounce smirch (audio)
1
as in to stain
to make dirty their clothes were smirched by dust from the trail

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2
as in to humiliate
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes this scandal will forever smirch the name of a once-great family

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smirch
  1. stain
  2. blacken
  3. humiliate
  4. taint
  5. dirty
  6. discredit
  7. blot
  8. besmirch
Noun
  • Another person shared that their Hoover has worked like a charm for years and is a game changer for new and old pet stains.
    Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
  • She was surrounded by three-foot diameter paper murals of Disney scenes attached to the wall with sticky putty that left dime-sized oil stains for months.
    Heather M. Jones, Parents, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of stain
Verb
  • Characters like Felix and Oswald have kind of an unfortunate connection to theater insofar as they’re associated with blackface minstrelsy—the notoriously racist form of stage performance where actors would blacken their faces, wear white gloves, and perform clownish antics.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Eventually, Dad needed to referee, settling disputes and trying to end things before noses were bloodied and eyes were blackened.
    Chad Graff, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
Definition of blacken
Verb
  • To see the reigning English champions humiliated and humbled in such a manner is a very rare event.
    Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Teeny feels humiliated over the fact that Genevieve left her out of the Sol vote, which is more than understandable.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of humiliate
Noun
  • Same as Papen, Tartt felt the blight and taint of her origins.
    Lili Anolik, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Frost ruined Pasquet’s entire crop in 2021, and his 2022 vintage was more limited than usual because of smoke taint from forest fires in the region.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2024
Definition of taint
Verb
  • Instead, Walz seems to have little to say about factory farming dirtying the state’s waterways.
    Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Garments can be dirtied again by the elements if air-dried outside.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2024
Definition of dirty
Verb
  • This is just dredging up something, try to smear and discredit a candidate.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
  • But Kennedy has cast doubt on those findings, claiming without evidence that the drugs were discredited because various groups stood to make money off Covid vaccines.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of discredit
Noun
  • For machine-washable cloth, blot excess liquids and scrape off (don’t rub) food residue.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Nov. 2024
  • First, blot as much of the area as possible when something spills to remove excess moisture.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of blot
Verb
  • There’s a new promo picture going around showing a Dusty Milligan with facial hair (see: above) — and listen, not to besmirch his infinity-pool jawline, but the dude looks so much better with that scruff.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The Jefferson Council, a conservative alumni group, had been calling for an end or change to the tour program, insisting that volunteers had been wrongly besmirching the legacy of UVA's founder.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 30 Aug. 2024
Definition of besmirch
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