Synonyms of smirch
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Another word for smirch is besmirch. Other synonyms of smirch are file, soil, beclart, bedirty and bedizen.
Synonyms and similar words for smirch
verbTo dirty; to make dirty.
- besmirchTo make dirty.
- fileTo defile.
- soilTo make dirty.
- beclart UK, dialectalTo besmear; bedaub; bemire; smear all over with dirt.
- bedirtyTo dirty, soil; make dirty.
- bedizen UK, dialectalTo make (someone or something) dirty; to bedaub, to besmear, to dirty.
- befoulTo make foul; to soil; to contaminate, pollute.
- begrimeTo ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something)...
- beshit figuratively, vulgarTo soil; to spoil; to defile; to befoul.
- besmearTo smear over, to smear all over, to daub.
- besullyTo make sullied or soiled; defile.
- blackenTo make dirty.
- blotTo impair; to damage; to mar; to soil.
- clatTo dirty.
- contaminateTo soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association.
- darkenTo make foul; to sully; to tarnish.
- defileTo make (someone or something) physically dirty or unclean; to befoul, to soil.
- dirtenTo make or become dirty or soiled.
- dirtyTo stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
- elt ScotlandTo begrime; soil with mud; daub; smear.
- foulTo make dirty.
- gunkTo soil or make dirty.
- gunk upTo soil or dirty; to mess up; to clog.
- inquinateTo pollute or make dirty.
- scungeTo mark with scunge; to begrime or besmirch.
- sling mud
- slotterTo make filthy; to foul.
- slurTo soil; to sully; to contaminate; to disgrace.
- smearTo make something dirty.
- smudgeTo soil or smear with dirt.
- smutTo stain (or be stained) with soot or other dirt.
- smutchTo soil, stain or smudge.
- soss UK, dialectalTo soil; to make dirty.
- spotTo stain; to leave a spot (on).
- stainTo discolor, as by spilling or other contact with a fluid or substance.
- sullowTo sully.
- sullyTo soil or stain; to dirty.
- tarnishTo compromise, damage, soil, or sully.
- assoil obsoleteTo make (something) dirty or soiled; to soil; to stain; to sully.
- bedaub obsoleteTo smear upon; to soil.
- imbrue (especially with blood) archaic, literary
- befile obsoleteTo make filthy; befoul; soil.
- befilth rareTo cover with filth; make filthy; begrime.
- beray archaic, obsoleteTo make foul; befoul; soil.
- bewray archaic, obsoleteTo accuse; malign; speak evil of.
- blur obsoleteTo smear, stain or smudge.
- foil obsoleteTo defile; to soil.
- sowl obsoleteTo soil or stain; to dirty.
- uggle UK, dialectalTo make dirty.
verbTo harm the reputation of; to smear or slander.
- libelTo defame (someone), especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel.
- muddyTo damage (a person or their reputation); to sully, to tarnish.
- abase
- bring down to sizeSynonym of cut down to size.
- cut down to size
- defame
- degrade
- demean
- demote
- depress
- discredit
- disgraceTo put someone or something out of favor; to bring shame or ignominy upon.
- dishonour
- disparage
- downgrade
- give a bad nameTo cause people to lose respect, reverence or esteem for something or someone.
- humble
- humiliate
- knock down to sizeSynonym of cut down to size.
- put someone in their place
- reduce
- relegate
- sink figuratively
- trim down to sizeSynonym of cut down to size.
- whittle down to sizeSynonym of cut down to size.
- debase archaic
- embase archaic
Meaning of smirch
- noun Dirt, or a stain.
- noun A stain on somebody's reputation.
- verb To dirty; to make dirty.
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