Thesaurus / smear
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Today, the vast majority of centers do not provide even basic women’s health care, like Pap smears, and many oppose the use of birth control.
ANTI-ABORTION PREGNANCY CENTERS ARE COLLECTING TROVES OF DATA THAT COULD BE WEAPONIZED AGAINST WOMENVERA BERGENGRUENJUNE 22, 2022TIMEI’d laugh at smears of paint on walls and glitter ground into the rug.
HOW I LOST MYSELF TO MOTHERHOODKATIE GUTIERREZMAY 21, 2022TIMEPro-Palestine activists have a long history of experiencing smear attacks targeting their places of employment or study.
TWITTER HAS HELPED BUILD SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ACROSS THE WORLD. NOW ORGANIZERS FEAR FOR ITS FUTUREREBECCA CHOWDHURYAPRIL 29, 2022TIMEIt practiced a smear campaign against leader Smalls, and reportedly spent over $4 million over the course of years to delegitimize the unionization process.
HOW TO START A UNION AT YOUR COMPANYRAISA BRUNERAPRIL 7, 2022TIMEJust the right amount of torsional rigidity lets it bite deeply on edge but release in a smear.
RUNNERS-UP REVIEW: THE ALL-MOUNTAIN SKIS THAT ALMOST MADE OUR 2022 WINTER BUYER’S GUIDEAGINTZLERDECEMBER 17, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEIts 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. BARRIEWORDS RELATED TO SMEAR
- arrange
- array
- be displayed
- be distributed
- bloat
- branch off
- broaden
- cast
- circulate
- coat
- cover
- daub
- develop
- diffuse
- dilate
- disperse
- diverge
- enlarge
- escalate
- even out
- expand
- extend
- fan
- flatten
- flow
- gloss
- increase
- lay
- lengthen
- level
- lie
- multiply
- mushroom
- open
- overlay
- paint
- pervade
- prepare
- proliferate
- radiate
- reach
- roll out
- set
- settle
- smear
- sprawl
- spray
- stretch
- strew
- suffuse
- swell
- uncoil
- unfold
- unfurl
- unroll
- untwist
- unwind
- widen
- abraded
- anointed
- applied
- barked
- brushed
- buffed
- burnished
- caressed
- chafed
- cleaned
- coated
- covered
- curried
- daubed
- erased
- eroded
- excoriated
- filed
- frayed
- fretted
- furbished
- glanced
- glazed
- glossed
- grated
- grazed
- ground
- kneaded
- mopped
- painted
- patted
- plastered
- polished
- put
- rasped
- scoured
- scraped
- scrubbed
- shone
- slathered
- smeared
- smoothed
- spread
- swabbed
- triturated
- wiped
- wore
- wore down
- abashment
- bad conscience
- blot
- chagrin
- compunction
- confusion
- contempt
- contrition
- degradation
- derision
- discomposure
- discredit
- disesteem
- dishonor
- disrepute
- guilt
- humiliation
- ignominy
- ill repute
- infamy
- irritation
- loss of face
- mortification
- obloquy
- odium
- opprobrium
- pang
- pudency
- remorse
- reproach
- scandal
- self-disgust
- self-reproach
- self-reproof
- shamefacedness
- skeleton in the cupboard
- smear
- stigma
- stupefaction
- treachery
- asperse
- assail
- attack
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belie
- belittle
- besmirch
- blacken name
- blaspheme
- blister
- blot
- calumniate
- cast a slur on
- curse
- damage
- decry
- defame
- defile
- denigrate
- depreciate
- derogate
- detract
- dishonor
- disparage
- give a bad name
- hit
- hurt
- injure
- libel
- malign
- muckrake
- pan
- plaster
- revile
- roast
- run smear campaign
- scandalize
- scorch
- slam
- sling mud
- slur
- smear
- smirch
- sneer
- strumpet
- sully
- tarnish
- tear down
- traduce
- vilify
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