Synonyms: blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain
Definition: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
Usage: he made a huge blot on his copybook
Similar words: mistake, error, fault
Definition: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
Usage: he made a bad mistake; she was quick to point out my errors; I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults
Synonyms: blot, spot, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, daub
Definition: a blemish made by dirt
Usage: he had a smudge on his cheek
Similar words: mar, defect, blemish
Definition: a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
Usage: a facial blemish
Synonyms: smear, cytologic smear, cytosmear
Definition: a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
Similar words: cytologic specimen
Definition: a specimen used for cytologic examination and diagnosis
Synonyms: smear, malignment, vilification
Definition: slanderous defamation
Similar words: defamation, traducement, hatchet job, calumniation, calumny, obloquy
Definition: a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions
Synonyms: sully, defame, denigrate, calumniate, besmirch, asperse, slander, smear, smirch
Definition: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
Usage: The journalists have defamed me! The article in the paper sullied my reputation
Definition: blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
Usage: he charged the director with indifference
Definition: cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
Usage: smear the wall with paint; daub the ceiling with plaster
Similar words: cover
Definition: provide with a covering or cause to be covered
Usage: cover her face with a handkerchief; cover the child with a blanket; cover the grave with flowers
Synonyms: blur, smear, smudge, smutch
Definition: make a smudge on; soil by smudging
Similar words: rub
Definition: move over something with pressure
Usage: rub my hands; rub oil into her skin
Synonyms: smear
Definition: stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
Similar words: soil, grime, begrime, bemire, colly, dirty
Definition: make soiled, filthy, or dirty
Usage: don't soil your clothes when you play outside!