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单词 smirched
释义

smirch

verb

ˈsmərch How to pronounce smirch (audio)
smirched; smirching; smirches

transitive verb

1
a
: to make dirty, stained, or discolored : sully
b
: to smear with something that stains or dirties
2
: to bring discredit or disgrace on
smirch noun

Synonyms

  • befoul
  • begrime
  • bemire
  • besmirch
  • blacken
  • daub
  • dirty
  • distain [archaic]
  • foul
  • gaum [dialect]
  • grime
  • mire
  • muck
  • muddy
  • smudge
  • soil
  • stain
  • sully
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Example Sentences

their clothes were smirched by dust from the trail this scandal will forever smirch the name of a once-great family

Word History

Etymology

Middle English smorchen

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

smirched 1 of 2

adjective

as in stained

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • stained
  • sullied
  • besmirched
  • soiled
  • filthy
  • spotted
  • unclean
  • grubby
  • dingy
  • tainted
  • uncleaned
  • grimy
  • unwashed
  • polluted
  • dirty
  • defiled
  • greasy
  • muddy
  • mucky
  • foul
  • blackened
  • discolored
  • unsterilized
  • germy
  • unsterile

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • unsullied
  • unstained
  • clean
  • spotless
  • stainless
  • chaste
  • immaculate
  • antiseptic
  • unsoiled
  • fair
  • pure
  • pristine
  • untainted
  • unpolluted
  • undefiled
  • wholesome
  • squeaky-clean
  • spick-and-span
  • spic-and-span
  • sterile
  • sanitary
  • taintless
  • cleanly
  • hygienic
  • germfree
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smirched

2 of 2

verb

past tense of smirch
1
as in blackened
to make dirty their clothes were smirched by dust from the trail

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • stained
  • blackened
  • besmirched
  • dirtied
  • grimed
  • sullied
  • begrimed
  • soiled
  • smudged
  • muddied
  • befouled
  • messed
  • mucked
  • daubed
  • mired
  • distained
  • bemired
  • polluted
  • tainted
  • contaminated
  • fouled
  • defiled
  • draggled
  • discolored
  • gaumed
  • disarranged
  • disarrayed
  • muddled
  • disheveled
  • disordered
  • jumbled
  • confused
  • crocked
  • dishevelled
  • collied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • cleaned
  • cleansed
  • purged
  • purified
  • wiped
  • washed
  • swept
  • scrubbed
  • decontaminated
  • disinfected
  • rinsed
  • brushed
  • sanitized
  • mopped
  • laundered
  • dusted
  • brightened
  • renewed
  • scoured
  • freshened
  • deodorized
  • dry-cleaned
  • straightened (up)
  • spruced (up)
  • tidied (up)
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2
as in humiliated
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes this scandal will forever smirch the name of a once-great family

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • humiliated
  • discredited
  • disgraced
  • embarrassed
  • degraded
  • shamed
  • dishonored
  • debased
  • demeaned
  • confused
  • insulted
  • rattled
  • humbled
  • abased
  • cheapened
  • chastened
  • abashed
  • fouled
  • diminished
  • sunk
  • criticized
  • mortified
  • discomfited
  • lowered
  • ridiculed
  • slandered
  • sank
  • discountenanced
  • defiled
  • took down
  • defamed
  • disparaged
  • condemned
  • disconcerted
  • flustered
  • maligned
  • confounded
  • affronted
  • libeled
  • decried
  • execrated
  • detracted
  • nonplussed
  • discounted
  • minimized
  • castigated
  • denounced
  • reprehended
  • belittled
  • depreciated
  • wrote off
  • fazed
  • libelled
  • nonplused
  • damned
  • censured
  • reprobated
  • bad-mouthed
  • cried down
  • put down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • exalted
  • elevated
  • boasted
  • saluted
  • deified
  • extolled
  • recognized
  • honored
  • praised
  • celebrated
  • eulogized
  • acknowledged
  • applauded
  • decorated
  • cheered
  • hailed
  • cited
  • feted
  • commended
  • lauded
  • complimented
  • canonized
  • aggrandized
  • congratulated
  • touted
  • highlighted
  • acclaimed
  • ennobled
  • dignified
  • enshrined
  • fêted
  • lifted
  • magnified
  • spotlighted
  • enthroned
  • glorified
  • promoted
  • raised
  • uplifted
  • spotlit
  • idealized
  • boosted
  • upgraded
  • romanticized
  • advanced
  • enskied
  • played up
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