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Smirch

verb
1.
Smear so as to make dirty or stained.  Synonym: besmirch.
2.
Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.  Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, sully.  "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
noun
1.
A blemish made by dirt.  Synonyms: blot, daub, slur, smear, smudge, spot.
2.
An act that brings discredit to the person who does it.  Synonyms: blot, smear, spot, stain.






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"Smirch" Quotes from Famous Books



... observations, "Dirty lies!" "Coward!" "Caddish!" "Unspeakably low!" "Shut up!" Only for coolness, courage and prompt decision of WHITLEY in the Chair discreditable scene would have worthily taken its place among others that smirch pages of Parliamentary record. Having occupied two hours of time assumed to be valuable it died out from sheer exhaustion. On division what was avowedly vote of censure on PREMIER negatived ...
— Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 8, 1914 • Various

... Sweeney hasn't left one wife in Colina while he eloped with one of his head-liners. He's not in one scrape after another with a woman, until he's a joke in the coast newspapers, and every woman he features in his shows has got a black smirch on her—" ...
— The Black Pearl • Mrs. Wilson Woodrow

... the morning there passed a church, At ten there passed me by the sea, At twelve a town of smoke and smirch, At two a forest of oak and birch, And then, on a ...
— Late Lyrics and Earlier • Thomas Hardy

... mysterious power which makes body and soul—master and man—thrill as one string. The musician played several bars, beautiful in themselves, but unconnected; and ever and anon there sounded a discordant note, like a smirch upon a fair picture. The execution, however, showed a master hand, and the themes betrayed the soul of a true musician, albeit tainted with some ...
— Idolatry - A Romance • Julian Hawthorne

... 'twixt you and me, Dear Miller, I could never see That Sin's and Error's ugly smirch Stained the walls only of the Church; There are good priests, and men who take Freedom's torn cloak for lucre's sake; I can't believe the Church so strong, As some men do, for Right or Wrong, But, for this subject (long and vext) I must refer you to my next, 210 As ...
— The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell • James Lowell


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