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
- abuse
- belittle
- chill
- cry down
- decry
- defame
- degrade
- deject
- demoralize
- denigrate
- deprecate
- depreciate
- deride
- derogate
- dis
- discourage
- discredit
- disdain
- dishearten
- dismiss
- dispirit
- dispraise
- downcry
- dump on
- lower
- malign
- minimize
- pan
- put down
- put hooks in
- rap
- ridicule
- roast
- run down
- scorch
- scorn
- slam
- slander
- smear
- sour grapes
- tear down
- traduce
- underestimate
- underrate
- undervalue
- vilify
- write off
- abase
- abash
- base
- bemean
- blister
- break
- bring down
- bring low
- cast down
- chagrin
- chasten
- confound
- confuse
- conquer
- crush
- cut down to size
- debase
- degrade
- demean
- denigrate
- deny
- depress
- discomfit
- discountenance
- disgrace
- dishonor
- downplay
- humble
- lower
- make a fool of
- make ashamed
- mortify
- pan
- play down
- put out of countenance
- put to shame
- rip
- run down
- shame
- shoot down
- slam
- smear
- snub
- squash
- subdue
- take down
- take down a peg
- tear down
- vanquish
- wither
- abases
- abashes
- bases
- bemeans
- blisters
- breaks
- brings down
- brings low
- casts down
- chagrins
- chastens
- confounds
- confuses
- conquers
- crushes
- cuts down to size
- debases
- degrades
- demeans
- denies
- denigrates
- depresses
- discomfits
- discountenances
- disgraces
- dishonors
- downplays
- humbles
- lowers
- makes a fool of
- makes ashamed
- mortifies
- pans
- plays down
- puts out of countenance
- puts to shame
- rips
- runs down
- shames
- shoots down
- slams
- smears
- snubs
- squashes
- subdues
- takes down
- takes down a peg
- tears down
- vanquishes
- withers
- assail
- attack
- blast
- break
- call into question
- cast doubt upon
- come down on
- contradict
- contravene
- cross
- cut to shreds
- deny
- disaffirm
- dispute
- gainsay
- knock
- negate
- negative
- oppose
- pin something on
- put down
- question
- resist
- run down
- skin alive
- slam
- smear
- stick it to
- swipe at
- tar
- throw doubt on
- throw the book at
- thumb nose at
- traduce
- trash
- traverse
- zap
- zing
- assail
- attack
- berate
- blister
- bludgeon
- castigate
- censure
- criticize
- cudgel
- denounce
- excoriate
- flay
- flog
- hammer
- hit
- lash into
- pan
- pelt
- pound
- pummel
- rake over the coals
- read the riot act
- rebuke
- reprimand
- rip into
- roast
- scathe
- scold
- scorch
- scourge
- shellac
- slam
- slap
- slash
- smear
- smother
- strike
- thrash
- trim
- upbraid
- wallop
- whip
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