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Exact Match:

smear

a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

slanderous defamation

make a smudge on; soil by smudging

stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

Synonyms:

• anoint,
• apply paint,
• asperse,
• aspersion,
• attack,
• attaint,
• badge of infamy,
• bar sinister,
• baton,
• beat,
• bedaub,
• bedizen,
• beeswax,
• befoul,
• begild,
• begrime,
• bend sinister,
• besmear,
• besmirch,
• besmoke,
• besmutch,
• besoil,
• bespatter,
• bestain,
• black,
• black eye,
• black mark,
• blacken,
• blackening,
• blank,
• bloodstain,
• blot,
• blotch,
• blow upon,
• blur,
• brand,
• broad arrow,
• brush on paint,
• bulldoze,
• butter,
• calcimine,
• call names,
• calumniate,
• calumny,
• censure,
• champain,
• character assassination,
• clobber,
• coat,
• color,
• complexion,
• cover,
• cream,
• dab,
• darken,
• daub,
• deep-dye,
• defamation,
• defamation of character,
• defame,
• defeat utterly,
• defile,
• defilement,
• denigrate,
• denigration,
• dip,
• dirty,
• disapprove,
• discolor,
• discredit,
• disparage,
• disparagement,
• distemper,
• double-dye,
• dress,
• drub,
• dye,
• emblazon,
• embrocate,
• enamel,
• engage in personalities,
• engild,
• expose,
• expose to infamy,
• eyesore,
• face,
• fast-dye,
• fleck,
• flick,
• flyspeck,
• foil,
• fresco,
• frustrate,
• gibbet,
• gild,
• glaze,
• gloss,
• glycerolate,
• grain,
• grease,
• grease the wheels,
• hang in effigy,
• heap dirt upon,
• hue,
• illuminate,
• imbue,
• imputation,
• ingrain,
• japan,
• lacquer,
• lambaste,
• lard,
• lay on,
• lay on color,
• libel,
• lick,
• lubricate,
• macula,
• maculation,
• macule,
• malicious defamation,
• mark,
• mark of Cain,
• muckrake,
• muckraking,
• mudslinging,
• name-calling,
• oil,
• onus,
• overbear,
• overlay,
• overspread,
• overwhelm,
• paint,
• parget,
• paste,
• patch,
• pigment,
• pillory,
• pillorying,
• plaster,
• point champain,
• pomade,
• prime,
• reflection,
• reprimand,
• reproach,
• repulse,
• revile,
• revilement,
• rub,
• salve,
• scandal,
• scandalize,
• schmear,
• scorch,
• sear,
• shade,
• shadow,
• shellac,
• shut out,
• singe,
• skunk,
• slander,
• slap on,
• slather,
• slick,
• slick on,
• slop on paint,
• slubber,
• slur,
• smear campaign,
• smear on,
• smear word,
• smirch,
• smoke,
• smooth the way,
• smother,
• smouch,
• smudge,
• smut,
• smutch,
• snow under,
• soap the ways,
• soil,
• soilage,
• soilure,
• spatter,
• speck,
• speckle,
• splash,
• splatter,
• splotch,
• spot,
• spread,
• spread on,
• spread with,
• stain,
• steamroller,
• stigma,
• stigmatism,
• stigmatization,
• stigmatize,
• stipple,
• sully,
• taint,
• tar,
• tarnish,
• thrash,
• throw mud at,
• tinct,
• tincture,
• tinge,
• tint,
• tone,
• trim,
• undercoat,
• unguent,
• varnish,
• vilification,
• vilify,
• wash,
• wax,
• whelm,
• whitewash,
• whomp,
• whop,
• wipe