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smirch
[ smurch ]
verb (used with object)
- to discolor or soil; spot or smudge with or as with soot, dust, dirt, etc.
Antonyms: clean
- to sully or tarnish (a person, reputation, character, etc.); disgrace; discredit.
smirch
/ smɜːtʃ /
verb
- to dirty; soil
noun
- the act of smirching or state of being smirched
- a smear or stain
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Derived Forms
- ˈsmircher, noun
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Other Words From
- smirchless adjective
- un·smirched adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of smirch1
First recorded in 1485–95; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of smirch1
C15 smorchen, of unknown origin
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Example Sentences
After the trial I saw Holker and asked him if he had been helping to smirch any more poor artists.
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She took up one and tried to wipe it, but succeeded only in making a smirch which she could not wipe off.
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His will was a scandal, and the horror did not only smirch his good name, it reached to hers.
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If she were found here by a reporter, the gossip of tongue and print would smirch her benefactors.
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Her first impulse was of decorum--to jerk her skirts about her in seemly fashion and be certain that no smirch adhered to them.
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