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smirch

[ smurch ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to discolor or soil; spot or smudge with or as with soot, dust, dirt, etc.

    Synonyms: dirty, smut, smear

    Antonyms: clean

  2. to sully or tarnish (a person, reputation, character, etc.); disgrace; discredit.

    Synonyms: blot, taint



noun

  1. a dirty mark or smear, as of soot, dust, dirt, etc.

    Synonyms: smutch, smut, smudge

  2. a stain or blot, as on reputation.

    Synonyms: taint

smirch

/ smɜːtʃ /

verb

  1. to dirty; soil
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act of smirching or state of being smirched
  2. a smear or stain
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈsmircher, noun
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Other Words From

  • smirchless 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

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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