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stigmatism
normal eyesight
(optics) condition of an optical system (as a lens) in which light rays from a single point converge in a single focal point
the condition of having or being marked by stigmata
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black mark
collapse
related words >
aspersion
,
attaint
,
badge of infamy
,
bar sinister
,
baton
,
bend sinister
,
black eye
,
blot
,
blur
,
brand
,
broad arrow
,
censure
,
champain
,
disparagement
,
imputation
,
mark of Cain
,
onus
,
pillorying
,
point champain
,
reflection
,
reprimand
,
reproach
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smudge
,
smutch
,
spot
,
stain
,
stigma
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
taint
,
tarnish
black eye
collapse
a bad reputation; "his behavior gave the whole family a black eye"
related words >
aspersion
,
attaint
,
badge of infamy
,
bar sinister
,
baton
,
bend sinister
,
black mark
,
black-and-blue mark
,
blot
,
blur
,
brand
,
broad arrow
,
bruise
,
censure
,
champain
,
contusion
,
disparagement
,
ecchymosis
,
imputation
,
mark of Cain
,
mouse
,
odium
,
onus
,
pillorying
,
point champain
,
reflection
,
reprimand
,
reproach
,
shiner
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smudge
,
smutch
,
spot
,
stain
,
stigma
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
taint
,
tarnish
disparagement
collapse
the act of speaking contemptuously of
a communication that belittles somebody or something
related words >
airs
,
animadversion
,
arrogance
,
aspersion
,
attaint
,
attrition
,
backbiting
,
backstabbing
,
badge of infamy
,
bar sinister
,
baton
,
belittlement
,
bend sinister
,
black eye
,
black mark
,
blot
,
blur
,
brand
,
broad arrow
,
calumny
,
censure
,
champain
,
clannishness
,
cliquishness
,
contempt
,
contemptuousness
,
contumely
,
curtailment
,
cut
,
cutting
,
decrease
,
decrement
,
defamation
,
denigration
,
depletion
,
deprecation
,
depreciation
,
derogation
,
despisal
,
despite
,
detraction
,
diminution
,
dip
,
discommendation
,
discourtesy
,
disdain
,
disdainfulness
,
disesteem
,
dishonor
,
dispraise
,
disrespect
,
disrespectfulness
,
disvaluation
,
exclusiveness
,
extraction
,
hauteur
,
impairment
,
impudence
,
imputation
,
insolence
,
insult
,
irreverence
,
lack of respect
,
lessening
,
mark of Cain
,
minimization
,
misestimation
,
misprision
,
misprizal
,
misprizing
,
onus
,
pillorying
,
point champain
,
reduction
,
reflection
,
remission
,
reprimand
,
reproach
,
retraction
,
retrenchment
,
ridicule
,
scandal
,
scorn
,
scornfulness
,
shortening
,
shrinkage
,
slander
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smudge
,
smutch
,
sniffiness
,
snobbishness
,
snootiness
,
snottiness
,
sovereign contempt
,
spot
,
stain
,
stigma
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
stricture
,
superciliousness
,
taint
,
tale
,
tarnish
,
toploftiness
,
truncation
,
underestimate
,
underestimation
,
underrating
,
underreckoning
,
undervaluation
smirch
collapse
smear so as to make dirty or stained
related words >
aspersion
,
attaint
,
badge of infamy
,
bar sinister
,
baton
,
bedarken
,
bedaub
,
begrime
,
bend sinister
,
besmear
,
besmirch
,
besmoke
,
besmutch
,
besoil
,
bespatter
,
bestain
,
black
,
black eye
,
black mark
,
blacken
,
blackening
,
blackwash
,
bloodstain
,
blot
,
blotch
,
blur
,
brand
,
broad arrow
,
call names
,
censure
,
champain
,
charcoal
,
cork
,
dab
,
darken
,
darkening
,
daub
,
defile
,
denigrate
,
denigration
,
dinge
,
dirty
,
discolor
,
disparagement
,
ebonize
,
engage in personalities
,
eyesore
,
fleck
,
flick
,
flyspeck
,
foul
,
grime
,
heap dirt upon
,
imputation
,
ink
,
macula
,
maculation
,
macule
,
mark
,
mark of Cain
,
melanization
,
melanize
,
muckrake
,
murk
,
nigrification
,
nigrify
,
onus
,
oversmoke
,
patch
,
pillorying
,
point champain
,
reflection
,
reprimand
,
reproach
,
revile
,
scorch
,
sear
,
shade
,
shading
,
shadow
,
singe
,
slubber
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirching
,
smoke
,
smooch
,
smouch
,
smudge
,
smudging
,
smut
,
smutch
,
smutching
,
soil
,
soilage
,
soilure
,
soot
,
spatter
,
speck
,
speckle
,
splash
,
splatter
,
splotch
,
spot
,
stain
,
stigma
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
stigmatize
,
sully
,
taint
,
tarnish
,
throw mud at
,
vilify
reprimand
collapse
rebuke formally
related words >
admonish
,
admonishment
,
admonition
,
aspersion
,
attack
,
attaint
,
badge of infamy
,
bar sinister
,
baton
,
bawl out
,
bend sinister
,
berate
,
bespatter
,
black eye
,
black mark
,
blacken
,
blot
,
blow upon
,
blur
,
brand
,
bring to book
,
broad arrow
,
call down
,
call to account
,
carpet
,
castigate
,
castigation
,
censure
,
champain
,
chastise
,
chastisement
,
chew out
,
chide
,
chiding
,
correct
,
correction
,
criticism
,
criticize
,
defame
,
defile
,
disapproval
,
disapprove
,
disparage
,
disparagement
,
dress down
,
dressing-down
,
expose
,
expose to infamy
,
gibbet
,
give a dressing-down
,
hang in effigy
,
have words with
,
imputation
,
lecture
,
lesson
,
mark of Cain
,
objurgate
,
objurgation
,
onus
,
pillory
,
pillorying
,
point champain
,
rap
,
rate
,
rating
,
rebuke
,
reflection
,
remonstrance
,
remonstration
,
reprehend
,
reprehension
,
reproach
,
reprobation
,
reproof
,
reproval
,
reprove
,
scold
,
scolding
,
sermon
,
set down
,
set straight
,
skin alive
,
slate
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smudge
,
smutch
,
soil
,
spank
,
spanking
,
spot
,
stain
,
stigma
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
stigmatize
,
straighten out
,
sully
,
taint
,
take down
,
take to task
,
talking-to
,
tarnish
,
tell off
,
tick off
,
tongue-lashing
,
upbraid
,
upbraiding
,
vilify
,
wig
smudge
collapse
a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
a smoky fire to drive away insects
related words >
afterdamp
,
ash
,
ashes
,
aspersion
,
attaint
,
badge of infamy
,
bar sinister
,
baton
,
bedarken
,
bedaub
,
begrime
,
bend sinister
,
besmear
,
besmirch
,
besmutch
,
besoil
,
black
,
black eye
,
black mark
,
blackdamp
,
blacken
,
blackening
,
blackwash
,
bloodstain
,
blot
,
blotch
,
blur
,
brand
,
breath
,
broad arrow
,
calx
,
carbon
,
censure
,
champain
,
charcoal
,
chokedamp
,
cinder
,
clinker
,
cloud
,
coal
,
coke
,
coom
,
cork
,
dab
,
damp
,
darken
,
darkening
,
daub
,
defile
,
denigrate
,
denigration
,
dinge
,
dirty
,
disparagement
,
dross
,
ebonize
,
effluvium
,
exhalation
,
eyesore
,
fetid air
,
firedamp
,
flatus
,
fleck
,
flick
,
fluid
,
flyspeck
,
foul
,
fume
,
grime
,
imputation
,
ink
,
lava
,
macula
,
maculation
,
macule
,
malaria
,
mark
,
mark of Cain
,
melanization
,
melanize
,
mephitis
,
miasma
,
murk
,
nigrification
,
nigrify
,
onus
,
oversmoke
,
patch
,
pillorying
,
plaster
,
point champain
,
puff of smoke
,
reek
,
reflection
,
reprimand
,
reproach
,
scoria
,
shade
,
shading
,
shadow
,
slag
,
slubber
,
slur
,
smarm
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smirching
,
smoke
,
smooch
,
smouch
,
smudging
,
smut
,
smutch
,
smutching
,
soil
,
soilage
,
soilure
,
soot
,
spatter
,
speck
,
speckle
,
splash
,
splatter
,
splotch
,
spot
,
stain
,
steam
,
stigma
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
sullage
,
sully
,
taint
,
tarnish
,
vapor
,
volatile
,
water vapor
onus
collapse
related words >
absolute indication
,
allegiance
,
arraignability
,
arraignableness
,
aspersion
,
assigned task
,
attaint
,
badge of infamy
,
bar sinister
,
baton
,
bend sinister
,
black eye
,
black mark
,
blameworthiness
,
bloody hands
,
blot
,
blur
,
bounden duty
,
brand
,
broad arrow
,
burden
,
burden of proof
,
burthen
,
business
,
call of duty
,
cargo
,
censurability
,
censurableness
,
censure
,
champain
,
charge
,
chargeability
,
commitment
,
complicity
,
conclusive evidence
,
criminality
,
cross
,
culpability
,
cumbrance
,
damning evidence
,
deadweight
,
dedication
,
deference
,
demonstration
,
determination
,
devoir
,
devotion
,
difficulty
,
dirty hands
,
disadvantage
,
disparagement
,
duties and responsibilities
,
duty
,
embarrassment
,
encumbrance
,
establishment
,
ethics
,
fault
,
fealty
,
freight
,
guilt
,
guiltiness
,
guilty conscience
,
hamper
,
handicap
,
homage
,
impeachability
,
impeachableness
,
impediment
,
impedimenta
,
imperative
,
implication
,
imposition
,
imputation
,
incontrovertible evidence
,
inconvenience
,
inculpation
,
indictability
,
indictableness
,
indisputable evidence
,
involvement
,
ironclad proof
,
line of duty
,
load
,
loyalty
,
lumber
,
mark of Cain
,
millstone
,
mission
,
must
,
obligation
,
odium
,
onus probandi
,
ought
,
pack
,
peccancy
,
penalty
,
pillorying
,
place
,
point champain
,
proof
,
red-handedness
,
reflection
,
reprehensibility
,
reprimand
,
reproach
,
reproachableness
,
reprovability
,
reprovableness
,
respect
,
self-imposed duty
,
settlement
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smudge
,
smutch
,
spot
,
stain
,
stigma
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
sure sign
,
taint
,
tarnish
,
task
,
tax
,
trouble
,
unmistakable sign
,
weight
,
white elephant
blur
collapse
a hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"
become vague or indistinct; "The distinction between the two theories blurred"
make dim or indistinct; "The drug blurs my vision"
to make less distinct or clear; "The haze blurs the hills"
related words >
aspersion
,
attaint
,
badge of infamy
,
bar sinister
,
baton
,
becloud
,
bedaub
,
bedim
,
befog
,
bend sinister
,
besmear
,
besmirch
,
besmoke
,
bestain
,
black eye
,
black mark
,
blacken
,
blear
,
bleariness
,
bloodstain
,
blot
,
blotch
,
blur distinctions
,
blurriness
,
brand
,
broad arrow
,
censure
,
champain
,
cloud
,
cloudiness
,
conceal
,
confound
,
confuse
,
dab
,
darken
,
darkness
,
daub
,
defocus
,
deform
,
dim
,
dimness
,
dirty
,
discolor
,
disorder
,
disparagement
,
distort
,
efface
,
eyesore
,
faintness
,
feebleness
,
film
,
filminess
,
fleck
,
flick
,
flyspeck
,
fog
,
fog up
,
fogginess
,
fuzz
,
fuzziness
,
half-visibility
,
haze
,
haziness
,
hide
,
imputation
,
indefiniteness
,
indistinctness
,
indistinguishability
,
jumble
,
jumble together
,
lose resolution
,
low profile
,
macula
,
maculation
,
macule
,
mark
,
mark of Cain
,
mask
,
mess up
,
mist
,
mistiness
,
mix
,
muddle
,
muddy
,
obfuscate
,
obscure
,
obscurity
,
odium
,
onus
,
overlook distinctions
,
pale
,
paleness
,
patch
,
pillorying
,
point champain
,
reflection
,
reprimand
,
reproach
,
scorch
,
sear
,
semivisibility
,
shadowiness
,
singe
,
slubber
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smoke
,
smouch
,
smudge
,
smut
,
smutch
,
soft focus
,
soften
,
soil
,
spatter
,
speck
,
speckle
,
splash
,
splatter
,
splotch
,
spot
,
stain
,
stigma
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
stigmatize
,
taint
,
tar
,
tarnish
,
tumble
,
uncertainty
,
unclearness
,
unform
,
unplainness
,
unshape
,
vague appearance
,
vagueness
,
veil
,
weaken
,
weakness
imputation
collapse
the attribution to a source or cause; "the imputation that my success was due to nepotism meant that I was not taken seriously"
a statement attributing something dishonest (especially a criminal offense); "he denied the imputation"
related words >
accounting for
,
accusal
,
accusation
,
accusing
,
adverse criticism
,
allegation
,
allegement
,
animadversion
,
answerability
,
application
,
arraignment
,
arrogation
,
ascription
,
aspersion
,
assignation
,
assignment
,
attachment
,
attaint
,
attribution
,
bad notices
,
bad press
,
badge of infamy
,
bar sinister
,
baton
,
bend sinister
,
bill of particulars
,
black eye
,
black mark
,
blame
,
blot
,
blur
,
brand
,
bringing of charges
,
bringing to book
,
broad arrow
,
captiousness
,
carping
,
cavil
,
caviling
,
censoriousness
,
censure
,
challenge
,
champain
,
charge
,
complaint
,
connection with
,
count
,
credit
,
criticism
,
delation
,
denouncement
,
denunciation
,
derivation from
,
disparagement
,
etiology
,
exception
,
faultfinding
,
flak
,
hairsplitting
,
hit
,
home thrust
,
honor
,
hostile criticism
,
hypercriticalness
,
hypercriticism
,
impeachment
,
implication
,
indictment
,
information
,
innuendo
,
insinuation
,
knock
,
lawsuit
,
laying of charges
,
mark of Cain
,
nagging
,
niggle
,
niggling
,
nit
,
nit-picking
,
obloquy
,
onus
,
overcriticalness
,
palaetiology
,
personal remark
,
personality
,
pestering
,
pettifogging
,
pillorying
,
placement
,
plaint
,
point champain
,
priggishness
,
prosecution
,
quibble
,
quibbling
,
rap
,
reference to
,
reflection
,
reprimand
,
reproach
,
reproachfulness
,
responsibility
,
saddling
,
slam
,
slur
,
sly suggestion
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smudge
,
smutch
,
spot
,
stain
,
stigma
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
stricture
,
suggestion
,
suit
,
swipe
,
taint
,
taking exception
,
tarnish
,
taxing
,
trichoschistism
,
true bill
,
uncomplimentary remark
,
unspoken accusation
,
veiled accusation
,
whispering campaign
tarnish
collapse
discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation
make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
related words >
achromatize
,
asperse
,
aspersion
,
attaint
,
badge of infamy
,
bar sinister
,
baton
,
bedaub
,
befoul
,
begrime
,
benasty
,
bend sinister
,
besmear
,
besmirch
,
besmoke
,
besoil
,
bespatter
,
bestain
,
black eye
,
black mark
,
blacken
,
blanch
,
bleach
,
blemish
,
bloodstain
,
blot
,
blotch
,
blow upon
,
blur
,
brand
,
broad arrow
,
call names
,
calumniate
,
censure
,
champain
,
contaminate
,
corrupt
,
dab
,
damage
,
darken
,
daub
,
debase
,
decolor
,
decolorize
,
defame
,
defile
,
degrade
,
denigrate
,
dim
,
dirty
,
disapprove
,
discolor
,
disgrace
,
dishonor
,
disparage
,
disparagement
,
drain
,
drain of color
,
dull
,
embarrass
,
engage in personalities
,
etiolate
,
expose
,
expose to infamy
,
eyesore
,
fade
,
fleck
,
flick
,
flyspeck
,
foul
,
fume
,
gibbet
,
grime
,
hang in effigy
,
harm
,
heap dirt upon
,
hurt
,
impair
,
imputation
,
infect
,
injure
,
macula
,
maculation
,
macule
,
mar
,
mark
,
mark of Cain
,
mess
,
mess up
,
muckrake
,
muddy
,
nasty
,
onus
,
pale
,
patch
,
peroxide
,
pillory
,
pillorying
,
point champain
,
pollute
,
prejudice
,
reflection
,
reprimand
,
reproach
,
revile
,
ruin
,
scorch
,
sear
,
singe
,
slander
,
slubber
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smoke
,
smooch
,
smouch
,
smudge
,
smut
,
smutch
,
soil
,
spatter
,
speck
,
speckle
,
splash
,
splatter
,
splotch
,
spoil
,
spot
,
stain
,
stigma
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
stigmatize
,
sully
,
taint
,
tar
,
throw mud at
,
tone down
,
vilify
,
vitiate
,
wash out
,
whiten
bar sinister
collapse
a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left
related words >
achievement
,
alerion
,
animal charge
,
annulet
,
argent
,
armorial bearings
,
armory
,
arms
,
aspersion
,
attaint
,
azure
,
badge of infamy
,
bandeau
,
bantling
,
bar
,
bastard
,
bastard child
,
bastardism
,
bastardy
,
baton
,
bearings
,
bend
,
bend sinister
,
billet
,
black eye
,
black mark
,
blazon
,
blazonry
,
blot
,
blur
,
bordure
,
brand
,
broad arrow
,
by-blow
,
cadency mark
,
canton
,
censure
,
champain
,
chaplet
,
charge
,
chevron
,
chief
,
coat of arms
,
cockatrice
,
coronet
,
crescent
,
crest
,
cross
,
cross moline
,
crown
,
device
,
difference
,
differencing
,
disparagement
,
eagle
,
ermine
,
ermines
,
erminites
,
erminois
,
escutcheon
,
falcon
,
fess
,
fess point
,
field
,
file
,
flanch
,
fleur-de-lis
,
fret
,
fur
,
fusil
,
garland
,
griffin
,
gules
,
gyron
,
hatchment
,
helmet
,
heraldic device
,
honor point
,
illegitimacy
,
illegitimate
,
illegitimate child
,
illegitimateness
,
impalement
,
impaling
,
imputation
,
inescutcheon
,
label
,
lion
,
love child
,
lozenge
,
mantling
,
mark of Cain
,
marshaling
,
martlet
,
mascle
,
metal
,
motto
,
mullet
,
nombril point
,
octofoil
,
odium
,
onus
,
or
,
ordinary
,
orle
,
pale
,
paly
,
pean
,
pheon
,
pillorying
,
point champain
,
purpure
,
quarter
,
quartering
,
reflection
,
reprimand
,
reproach
,
rose
,
sable
,
saltire
,
scutcheon
,
shield
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smudge
,
smutch
,
spot
,
spread eagle
,
stain
,
stigma
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
subordinary
,
taint
,
tarnish
,
tenne
,
tincture
,
torse
,
tressure
,
unicorn
,
vair
,
vert
,
wreath
,
yale
censure
collapse
harsh criticism or disapproval
related words >
accuse
,
anathema
,
anathematize
,
anathematizing
,
anathemize
,
animadvert on
,
annotate
,
approval
,
arraign
,
arraignment
,
aspersion
,
assail
,
assault
,
attack
,
attaint
,
badge of infamy
,
bar sinister
,
baton
,
bend sinister
,
bespatter
,
black eye
,
black mark
,
blacken
,
blacklist
,
blame
,
blot
,
blow upon
,
blur
,
book review
,
brand
,
bring home to
,
broad arrow
,
call to account
,
cast blame upon
,
cast reflection upon
,
castigation
,
champain
,
citation
,
comment
,
complain against
,
condemn
,
condemnation
,
contemn
,
convict
,
conviction
,
criminate
,
critical bibliography
,
critical journal
,
critical notice
,
criticism
,
criticize
,
critique
,
cry down
,
cry out against
,
cry out on
,
cry shame upon
,
damn
,
damnation
,
death sentence
,
death warrant
,
decrial
,
decry
,
defame
,
defile
,
denounce
,
denouncement
,
denunciate
,
denunciation
,
disallow
,
disapprove
,
disdain
,
disparage
,
disparagement
,
doom
,
excommunicate
,
excommunication
,
excoriation
,
expose
,
expose to infamy
,
find guilty
,
flaying
,
fulminate against
,
fulmination
,
fustigation
,
gibbet
,
guilty verdict
,
hang in effigy
,
impeach
,
impeachment
,
implicate
,
implication
,
impugn
,
impugnment
,
imputation
,
incriminate
,
incrimination
,
inculpate
,
inculpation
,
indict
,
indictment
,
inveigh against
,
involve
,
involvement
,
judgment
,
knock
,
literary criticism
,
mark of Cain
,
moralize upon
,
notice
,
onus
,
oppose
,
pass sentence on
,
penalize
,
pillory
,
pillorying
,
point champain
,
pronounce judgment
,
pronounce sentence
,
proscribe
,
proscription
,
rap
,
rebuke
,
reflect upon
,
reflection
,
reject
,
report
,
reprehend
,
reprehension
,
reprimand
,
reproach
,
reprobate
,
reprobation
,
reprove
,
review
,
scorn
,
scout
,
sentence
,
shake up
,
skin
,
skinning alive
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smudge
,
smutch
,
soil
,
spot
,
stain
,
stigma
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
stigmatize
,
strafe
,
stricture
,
sully
,
taint
,
tarnish
,
verdict of guilty
,
vilify
stigma
collapse
a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease
an external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod
the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil
related words >
abscess
,
androecium
,
anther
,
aposteme
,
aspersion
,
attaint
,
badge of infamy
,
bar sinister
,
baton
,
bed sore
,
bend sinister
,
besmirchment
,
birthmark
,
black eye
,
black mark
,
blain
,
blaze
,
bleb
,
blemish
,
blister
,
bloodstain
,
blot
,
blotch
,
blur
,
boil
,
brand
,
broad arrow
,
bubo
,
bulla
,
bunion
,
calyx
,
canker
,
canker sore
,
carbuncle
,
carpel
,
caste mark
,
censure
,
champain
,
chancre
,
chancroid
,
check
,
checkmark
,
chilblain
,
cicatrix
,
cold sore
,
corolla
,
corolla tube
,
corona
,
cut
,
dab
,
dapple
,
daub
,
demerit
,
discoloration
,
disfigurement
,
disgrace
,
dishonor
,
disparagement
,
dot
,
earmark
,
engraving
,
epicalyx
,
eschar
,
eyesore
,
felon
,
fester
,
festering
,
fever blister
,
fistula
,
fleck
,
flick
,
flyspeck
,
freckle
,
furuncle
,
furunculus
,
gash
,
gathering
,
graving
,
gumboil
,
gynoecium
,
hack
,
hemorrhoids
,
imputation
,
jot
,
kibe
,
lentigo
,
lesion
,
macula
,
maculation
,
macule
,
mark
,
mark of Cain
,
marking
,
megasporophyll
,
microsporophyll
,
mole
,
mottle
,
nevus
,
nick
,
notch
,
odium
,
onus
,
papula
,
papule
,
paronychia
,
parulis
,
patch
,
perianth
,
petal
,
petechia
,
piles
,
pillorying
,
pimple
,
pistil
,
pock
,
point
,
point champain
,
polka dot
,
polyp
,
prick
,
puncture
,
pustule
,
receptacle
,
reflection
,
reprimand
,
reproach
,
rising
,
scab
,
scar
,
scarification
,
score
,
scotch
,
scratch
,
scratching
,
shame
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smouch
,
smudge
,
smut
,
smutch
,
soft chancre
,
sore
,
spatter
,
speck
,
speckle
,
splash
,
splatter
,
splotch
,
spot
,
stain
,
stamen
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
strawberry mark
,
sty
,
style
,
suppuration
,
swelling
,
taint
,
tarnish
,
tattoo
,
tattoo mark
,
tick
,
tittle
,
torus
,
tubercle
,
ulcer
,
ulceration
,
wale
,
watermark
,
welt
,
wheal
,
whelk
,
whitlow
,
wound
reproach
collapse
a mild rebuke or criticism; "words of reproach"
disgrace or shame; "he brought reproach upon his family"
express criticism towards; "The president reproached the general for his irresponsible behavior"
related words >
accusal
,
accusation
,
accuse
,
accusing
,
admonish
,
admonishment
,
admonition
,
allegation
,
allege
,
allegement
,
anathematize
,
anathemize
,
animadvert on
,
arraign
,
arraignment
,
article
,
aspersion
,
attaint
,
badge of infamy
,
bar sinister
,
baton
,
bend sinister
,
bill of particulars
,
black eye
,
black mark
,
blame
,
blot
,
blur
,
book
,
brand
,
bring accusation
,
bring charges
,
bring into discredit
,
bring low
,
bring shame upon
,
bring to book
,
bringing of charges
,
bringing to book
,
broad arrow
,
burning shame
,
byword
,
byword of reproach
,
call down
,
call to account
,
cast blame upon
,
cast reflection upon
,
cast reproach upon
,
castigation
,
censure
,
champain
,
charge
,
chastisement
,
chide
,
chiding
,
cite
,
complain
,
complain against
,
complaint
,
condemn
,
correction
,
count
,
cry down
,
cry out against
,
cry out on
,
cry shame upon
,
damn
,
debase
,
decry
,
defrock
,
degrade
,
delation
,
denounce
,
denouncement
,
denunciate
,
denunciation
,
deplume
,
dirty shame
,
discredit
,
disgrace
,
dishonor
,
disparagement
,
displume
,
fasten on
,
fasten upon
,
finger
,
fulminate against
,
hang something on
,
humiliate
,
humiliation
,
impeach
,
impeachment
,
implication
,
imply
,
impugn
,
imputation
,
impute
,
impute shame to
,
indict
,
indictment
,
inform against
,
inform on
,
information
,
innuendo
,
insinuate
,
insinuation
,
inveigh against
,
lawsuit
,
lay charges
,
laying of charges
,
lecture
,
lesson
,
lodge a complaint
,
lodge a plaint
,
low-down dirty shame
,
mark of Cain
,
objurgation
,
onus
,
pillory
,
pillorying
,
pin on
,
plaint
,
point champain
,
prefer charges
,
press charges
,
prosecution
,
put on report
,
put to shame
,
rap
,
rating
,
rebuke
,
reflect discredit upon
,
reflect upon
,
reflection
,
report
,
reprehend
,
reprehension
,
reprimand
,
reprobate
,
reprobation
,
reproof
,
reproval
,
scandal
,
scolding
,
sermon
,
shake up
,
shame
,
slur
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smudge
,
smutch
,
spanking
,
spot
,
stain
,
stigma
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
suit
,
taint
,
take to task
,
tarnish
,
task
,
taunt with
,
tax
,
taxing
,
tick off
,
true bill
,
twit
,
unfrock
,
unspoken accusation
,
upbraiding
,
veiled accusation
,
wig
slur
collapse
(music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato
utter indistinctly
speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"
play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"
related words >
accent
,
accent mark
,
affront
,
asperse
,
aspersion
,
attaint
,
bad-mouth
,
badge of infamy
,
bar
,
bar sinister
,
baton
,
bedaub
,
befoul
,
bend sinister
,
besmear
,
besmirch
,
besmoke
,
bespatter
,
bestain
,
black eye
,
black mark
,
blacken
,
blink
,
blot
,
blow upon
,
blur
,
brand
,
broad arrow
,
calumniate
,
calumny
,
cancel
,
cantando
,
carefully ignore
,
cast aspersions on
,
cast reflections on
,
censure
,
champain
,
character
,
cold-shoulder
,
custos
,
cut a corner
,
cut corners
,
darken
,
daub
,
defame
,
defile
,
demilegato
,
denigrate
,
dip into
,
direct
,
dirty
,
disapprove
,
discolor
,
discredit
,
disparage
,
disparagement
,
disregard
,
dodge
,
dot
,
examine cursorily
,
execution
,
expose
,
expose to infamy
,
expression
,
expression mark
,
fermata
,
fingering
,
fudge
,
garble
,
gibbet
,
give the once-over
,
glance at
,
glissando
,
gloss over
,
hang in effigy
,
hold
,
ignore
,
imputation
,
innuendo
,
insinuation
,
insult
,
intonation
,
key signature
,
lead
,
legato
,
libel
,
ligature
,
lisp
,
malign
,
mark
,
mark of Cain
,
measure
,
metronomic mark
,
mezzo staccato
,
mumble
,
music-making
,
notation
,
obloquy
,
odium
,
onus
,
page through
,
parlando
,
pass over
,
pass over lightly
,
pause
,
performance
,
personal remark
,
personality
,
pianism
,
pillory
,
pillorying
,
pizzicato
,
point champain
,
presa
,
put-down
,
reflection
,
rendering
,
rendition
,
repercussion
,
reprimand
,
reproach
,
rubato
,
scamp
,
scan
,
scorch
,
sear
,
segno
,
sign
,
signature
,
singe
,
skid
,
skim
,
skim over
,
skim the surface
,
skimp
,
skip over
,
slam
,
slander
,
slidder
,
slight
,
slip
,
slip through
,
slubber
,
slubber over
,
slur over
,
sly suggestion
,
smear
,
smirch
,
smoke
,
smudge
,
smutch
,
soil
,
spiccato
,
spot
,
staccato
,
stain
,
stigma
,
stigmatism
,
stigmatization
,
stigmatize
,
stricture
,
stutter
,
suggestion
,
sully
,
swell
,
symbol
,
taint
,
tarnish
,
tear down
,
tempo mark
,
thumb through
,
tie
,
time signature
,
touch
,
touch upon
,
touch upon lightly
,
traduce
,
uncomplimentary remark
,
vilify
,
vinculum
,
whispering campaign
,
zip through
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