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smear(verb, attack, catch, spread)
10
besmirch(verb, attack, catch, dirty)
10
sully(verb, attack, catch, spread)
9
soil(verb, attack, catch, dirty)
9
tarnish(verb, attack, catch, dirty)
7
dirty(verb, attack, uncleanness, defile)
7
taint(verb, attack, catch, dirty)
6
befoul(verb, attack, catch, dirty)
6
blacken(verb, attack, slander, defile)
6
smudge(verb, attack, catch, spread)
6
stain(verb, attack, catch, spread)
4
denigrate(verb, attack, slander, defile)
4
smut(verb, attack, contaminate)
3
bespatter(verb, attack, contaminate)
3
cloud(verb, attack, defile, contaminate)
2
spatter(verb, attack, uncleanness, contaminate)
0
give a black eye to(verb, idiom, attack, contaminate)
0
sling mud on(verb, idiom, attack, contaminate)
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APASmart Define. (2016). besmear thesaurus. Retrieved September 26, 2026, from https://smartdefine.org/besmear/thesaurus/synonyms
ChicagoSmart Define. 2016. "besmear thesaurus" https://smartdefine.org/besmear/thesaurus/synonyms (accessed September 26, 2026).
HarvardSmart Define 2016, besmear thesaurus, Smart Define, viewed 26 September, 2026, <https://smartdefine.org/besmear/thesaurus/synonyms>.
MLASmart Define. "besmear thesaurus" 29 February 2016. Web. 26 September 2026. <https://smartdefine.org/besmear/thesaurus/synonyms>