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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
Derived Forms
- ˈsmircher, noun
Other Words From
- smirchless adjective
- un·smirched adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of smirch1
Word History and Origins
Origin of smirch1
Example Sentences
What they found was a mostly well-run exercise in civic duty, slightly smirched by honest mistakes quickly rectified — and then buried in an avalanche of fantasy, fever dreams, grifter fiction and “blatherskite.”
Coarse black pepper coats the smirched bark; a thin garnet ring loops just underneath the surface.
Cohn would not scruple over the smirching of reputations.
This was an assembly of delegates eager to feel their own Trump loyalty reflected, acknowledged, and cheered—polished clean of any Cruz smirches.
"It's a smirch that never goes away.... If you dedicated yourself to serving the good, how would you cope with that?"
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