13
smear(verb, attack, catch, clean, spread)
10
bedaub(verb, spread, apply, covering, smear)
10
besmirch(verb, attack, catch, clean, dirty)
10
sully(verb, attack, catch, clean, spread)
9
daub(noun, verb, spread, dirty, apply)
9
plaster(verb, spread, apply, covering, smear)
9
soil(verb, attack, catch, clean, dirty)
9
tarnish(verb, attack, catch, clean, dirty)
7
dab(verb, touch, spread, apply, covering)
7
defile(noun, verb, catch, dirty, stain)
7
dirty(verb, attack, clean, uncleanness, defile)
7
taint(verb, attack, catch, clean, dirty)
6
befoul(verb, attack, catch, clean, dirty)
6
blacken(verb, attack, clean, slander, defile)
6
foul(verb, catch, dirty, entangle, snarl)
6
smirch(verb, spread, corrupt, uncleanness, put on)
6
smudge(verb, attack, catch, clean, spread)
6
stain(verb, attack, catch, clean, spread)
5
begrime(verb, catch, spread, smear, slap)
4
denigrate(verb, attack, clean, slander, defile)
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