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smutched

smutched is the simple past and past participle of smutch.

Meaning of smutch

Verb

smutch (third-person singular simple present smutches, present participle smutching, simple past and past participle smutched)

  1. To soil, stain or smudge.
    • Why, that’s my bawcock. What, hast smutch’d thy nose?
      They say it is a copy out of mine.c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    Synonyms:
    befoul, sully, tarnish, assoil, beclart, bedaub, bedirty, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile

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Questions about smutched

What is smutched the simple past and past participle of?
Smutched is the simple past and past participle of smutch.

Words near smutched in the dictionary

  1. smut
  2. smut fungus
  3. smut-ball
  4. smut-balls
  5. smutch
  6. smutched
  7. smutches
  8. smutchin
  9. smutching
  10. smutchy
  11. smutfest

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