Unscramble smears

Definition of smear

noun:

• slanderous defamation. Synonyms: malignment, vilification.
• a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope. Synonyms: cytologic smear, cytosmear.
• a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek". Synonyms: blot, daub, slur, smirch, smudge, spot.
• an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook". Synonyms: blot, smirch, spot, stain.

verb:

• stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance.
• make a smudge on; soil by smudging. Synonyms: blur, smudge, smutch.
• cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint", "daub the ceiling with plaster". Synonyms: daub.
• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!", "The article in the paper sullied my reputation". Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smirch, sully.

Related words

assassinate, badmouth, besmirch, blood, blotch, dust, fingermark, fingerprint, inkblot, libel, malign, moil, resmudge, smirch, splodge, splotch, traduce.

Words nearby

sear, shear, shmear, spear, swear.

Rhymes with

adhere, amir, amir, appear, auctioneer, austere, bandolier, beer, belvedere, belvedere, bombardier, brigadier, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, cheer, chevalier, clear, cohere.