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smirch |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Smirch \Smirch\, v. t. [From the root of smear.] To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully. I'll . . . with a kind of umber smirch my face. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Smirch \Smirch\, n. A smutch; a dirty stain. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: smirch n 1: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn: {smudge}, {spot}, {blot}, {daub}, {smear}, {slur}] 2: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it "he made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: {blot}, {smear}, {spot}, {stain}] v 1: smear so as to make dirty or stained [syn: {besmirch}] 2: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone "The journalists have defamed me!" The article in the paper sullied my reputation" [syn: {defame}, {slander}, {asperse}, {denigrate}, {calumniate}, {smear}, {sully}, {besmirch}]
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