Tra từ smirch - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a blemish made by dirt
- he had a smudge on his cheek
• Syn:
smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, slur
• Derivationally related forms:
smear (for: smear), blot (for: blot), spot (for: spot), smudgy (for: smudge), smudge (for: smudge)
• Hypernyms:
blemish, defect, mar
• Hyponyms:
blotch, splodge, splotch, fingermark, fingerprint, inkblot
2. an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- he made a huge blot on his copybook
• Syn:
blot, smear, spot, stain
• Derivationally related forms:
stain (for: stain)
• Hypernyms:
mistake, error, fault

II - verb

1. 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
• Syn:
defame, slander, asperse, denigrate, calumniate,
smear, sully, besmirch
• Derivationally related forms:
smear (for: smear), calumny (for: calumniate), denigratory (for: denigrate), denigration (for: denigrate), aspersion (for: asperse), slander (for: slander), slanderer (for: slander), defamatory (for: defame), defamation (for: defame), defamer (for: defame)
• Hypernyms:
charge, accuse
• Hyponyms:
assassinate, libel, badmouth, malign, traduce, drag through the mud
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. smear so as to make dirty or stained
• Syn:
besmirch
• Hypernyms:
smear
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something