Word

smear, v.
(smeared, smearing, smears)

charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

asperse besmirch calumniate defame denigrate slander smear smirch sully

sample sentences

"The journalists have defamed me!"
"The article in the paper sullied my reputation"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

calumny calumny

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defamatory defamation defamation defamer

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slander slander slanderer

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aspersion aspersion

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denigratory denigration

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semantic pointers

hypernym

hyponym

assassinate libel drag through the mud, badmouth, malign, traduce

cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
<verb.contact>

daub smear

sample sentences

"smear the wall with paint"
"daub the ceiling with plaster"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something PP

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Somebody ----s something PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

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verb group

make a smudge on; soil by smudging
<verb.contact>

blur smear smudge smutch

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
The children %s the paper with grease
The children %s grease onto the paper

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
The children %s the paper with grease
The children %s grease onto the paper

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
The children %s the paper with grease
The children %s grease onto the paper

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

hypernym

hyponym

stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
<verb.contact>

smear

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

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semantic pointers

hyponym

moil besmirch, smirch

hypernym

soil, dirty, begrime, grime, colly, bemire