Thesaurus / smear
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Its main feature is a purple smear that stretches east to west.
EXPLAINER: HOW AURORAS LIGHT UP THE SKYMARIA TEMMINGOCTOBER 8, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSClean surfaces are far less likely to become covered with mildew, which can feed on grease and other smears.
HERE ARE 9 HOME MAINTENANCE TASKS FOR YOUR OCTOBER TO-DO LISTJEANNE HUBERSEPTEMBER 27, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAnd then Lamb began to taste something like panic even as the first neon signs began to smear the wintry shadows.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSIf you will look at the paper you will observe a slight smear of blood.
BOY SCOUTS IN THE PHILIPPINESG. HARVEY RALPHSONAnd still at times she would smear him with the name of black (to his delight when he learned the reason).
MARGARET OGILVYJ. M. BARRIEA thin stream of blood ran from his mouth and dribbled down his chin and coagulated in a sticky smear upon the gun stock.
THE ESCAPE OF MR. TRIMMIRVIN S. COBBThe pass had broadened into a valley, and a flat blue smear on the horizon told of earth and sky meeting beyond a plain.
THE TERMS OF SURRENDERLOUIS TRACYThe blood that has settled in its chest is carefully caught; it is used to smear the bangibang and the jipag.
THE HEAD HUNTERS OF NORTHERN LUZON FROM IFUGAO TO KALINGACORNELIS DE WITT WILLCOXHe silently led them closer and pointed to an amber smear about the lips and nostrils of the dead man.
THE CODE OF THE MOUNTAINSCHARLES NEVILLE BUCKThe women will sew the slits together, and the men melt fat and smear over.
CONDEMNED AS A NIHILISTGEORGE ALFRED HENTYWORDS RELATED TO SMEAR
- bad-mouth
- criticize
- cut down to size
- cut to the quick
- decry
- deprecate
- depreciate
- deride
- derogate
- diminish
- discount
- discredit
- disparage
- dispraise
- downgrade
- downplay
- dump on
- knock
- lower
- minimize
- pan
- pooh pooh
- poor-mouth
- put down
- rip
- roast
- run down
- scoff at
- scorn
- shoot down
- shoot full of holes
- slam
- smear
- sneer at
- take a swipe at
- take down
- take down a peg
- tear down
- trivialize
- underestimate
- underrate
- undervalue
- write off
- bad-mouthed
- blistered
- criticized
- cut down to size
- cut to the quick
- decried
- deprecated
- depreciated
- derided
- derogated
- diminished
- discounted
- discredited
- disparaged
- dispraised
- downgraded
- downplayed
- dumped on
- knocked
- lowered
- minimized
- panned
- pooh pooh
- poor mouth
- put down
- ran down
- ripped
- roasted
- scoff at
- scorched
- scorned
- shot down
- shot full of holes
- slammed
- smeared
- sneered at
- sour grapes
- squashed
- squelched
- took a swipe at
- took down
- took down a peg
- tore down
- underestimated
- underrated
- undervalued
- wrote off
- bad-mouths
- blisters
- criticizes
- cuts down to size
- cuts to the quick
- decries
- deprecates
- depreciates
- derides
- derogates
- diminishes
- discounts
- discredits
- disparages
- dispraises
- downgrades
- downplays
- dumps on
- knocks
- lowers
- minimizes
- pans
- pooh pooh
- poor mouth
- puts down
- rips
- roasts
- runs down
- scoff at
- scorches
- scorns
- shoots down
- shoots full of holes
- slams
- smears
- sneers at
- sour grapes
- squashes
- squelches
- takes a swipe at
- takes down
- takes down a peg
- tears down
- underestimates
- underrates
- undervalues
- writes off
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