Definition of Smear

Noun: smear  smeer

  1. Slanderous defamation
    - vilification, malignment
     
  2. A thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
    - cytologic smear, cytosmear
     
  3. A blemish made by dirt
    "he had a smear on his cheek";
    - smudge, spot, blot, daub, smirch, slur
     
  4. An act that brings discredit to the person who does it
    "he made a huge smear on his copybook";
    - blot, smirch, spot, stain
Verb: smear  smeer
  1. Stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
     
  2. Make a smudge on; soil by smudging
    - blur, smudge, smutch
     
  3. Cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
    "smear the wall with paint";
    - daub
     
  4. Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
    "The journalists have smeared me!";
    - defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, sully, besmirch

See also:
SME
smearcase

Anagrams containing the word smear

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