smear

Nouns

(n) slanderous defamation malignment, vilification,
(n) a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope cytologic smear, cytosmear,
(n) a blemish made by dirt
- he had a smudge on his cheek
blot, smirch, daub, smudge, slur, spot,
(n) an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- he made a huge blot on his copybook
blot, smirch, stain, spot,

Verbs

(v) stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
(v) make a smudge on; soil by smudging smudge, smutch, blur,
(v) cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
- smear the wall with paint
- daub the ceiling with plaster
daub,
(v) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- The journalists have defamed me!
- The article in the paper sullied my reputation
asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, slander, denigrate, smirch, sully,

Synonyms

malignment vilification smudge smutch blur cytologic smear cytosmear blot smirch daub slur spot stain asperse besmirch calumniate defame slander denigrate sully

Words of close approximity

smew

smell smelt

smear test smear word