Words and phrases that have a meaning related to smear: (207 results)
Often used in the same context:
discredit, slander, sully, calumny, dirty tricks, innuendo, disinformation, besmirching, mudslinger, witch hunt, underhandedness, demonizing, tarnish, inuendo, demonization, propaganda, panderer, falsehood, untruths, libels, vilification, taint, mccarthyite, demagogue, tarring, sleaze, slanderers, sliming, slimey, denigration, pinko, stain, hypocrite, blackball, muckrake, liars, shill, skewer, gotcha, taxer, bootlicking, baldfaced, insinuation, canard, prevaricator, sensationalist, dissembler, vendetta, tu quoque, ridicule, nobble, ad hominem, mischaracterization, plagiarist, bamboozle, dupe, scaremonger, perjurer, fibber, misleader, bork, fabrications, pillory, hack, misinformation, blackmail, falsifier, disparagement, dobber, slimy, caricature, subterfuge, surrogates, slimeball, falsities, accusation, racists, scapegoating, hypocrisy, bigot, ploy, fulminate, betrayers, myrmidons, defile, fearmonger, slur, stalinist, monicagate, curry favor, coddler, gutlessness, smokescreen, misogynists, misquote, exaggerations, antisemite, parti pris, baloney, lampoon, mendacity, opportunists, smears, puddle, smudge, wash, stains, swab, towel, kerchief, leaf, patch, ribbon, sponge, blob, blotter, lump, rag, sock, swatch, wad, cytologic, cytological, exfoliative, immunofluorescent, microscopy, smeared, buffy, etching, corrosion, etch, histological, microscopical, unirradiated, unstained, urinalysis, bacteriologic, biopsy, centrifuged, coated, crosssectional
More specific:
badmouth, besmirch, birdlime, blood, blotch, cervical smear, drag through the mud, dust, fingermark, fingerprint, libel, malign, moil, pap smear, resmudge, smirch, splodge, splotch, traduce
Appears in the definition of:
besmirch, blood, duodenal smear, esophageal smear, gastric smear, offset, oral smear, papanicolaou test, pap test, paraduodenal smear, smear test, smear word, smirch, tar-and-feather, vaginal smear
More general:
accuse, begrime, bemire, blemish, charge, colly, cover, defamation, defect, dirty, error, fault, grime, hatchet job, mistake, obloquy, rub, sample, soil, traducement
Synonyms:
Also try:asperse, bedaub, besmear, blot, blur, calumniate, daub, defame, denigrate, malignment, smutch, spot
— Nouns for smear: preparations, preparation, campaign, layer, test, technique, nose, examination, method, case, tactics, more...
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