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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | malign; smear |
| Synonyms: | asperse, attack, bad-mouth, blot, blotch, calumniate, decry, defame, defile, denigrate, dishonor, do a number on, give a black eye, knock*, libel, malign, rip up and down, rip*, slander, slur, smudge, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, traduce, vilify |
| Antonyms: | compliment, enhance, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to be soiled |
| Synonyms: | begrime, besoil, blacken, blotch, blur, botch, coat, contaminate, corrupt, debase, decay, defile, discolor, draggle, encrust, foul, grime, make dusty, make impure, mess up, mold, muddy, pollute, rot, smear, smirch, smoke, smudge, smutch, spatter, spoil, spot, stain, sully, sweat, taint, tar, tarnish |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanse, purify, sterilize |
| Main Entry: | mark |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blemish, stain |
| Synonyms: | X, autograph, blaze, blot, blotch, brand, bruise, chalk, check, dent, dot, impress, imprint, initial, ink, inscribe, label, letter, nick, pinpoint, point, print, scar, score, scratch, seal, sign, smudge, splotch, stamp, streak, stroke, trace, underline, write |
| Main Entry: | smudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smear, dirty |
| Synonyms: | begrime, blacken, blotch, blur, daub, defile, foul, grime, mark, plaster, slop, smirch, soil, spatter, sully, taint, tarnish |
| Antonyms: | clean |
| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mark, stain |
| Synonyms: | besmirch, bespatter, blot, blotch, dapple, dirty, dot, fleck, maculate, marble, mottle, pepper, pimple, soil, spatter, speck, speckle, splash, splotch, stipple, streak, stripe, stud, sully, taint, tarnish |
| Antonyms: | clean, unspot |
| Main Entry: | smirch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | corrupt |
| Synonyms: | besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, blemish, blot, blotch, contaminate, country, degrade, dirty, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, pollute, smear, smudge, soil, stain, sully, taint, tarnish |
| Main Entry: | dapple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speckle |
| Synonyms: | bespeckle, besprinkle, blotch, dot, fleck, mottle, speck, spot, sprinkle, stipple |
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| Concept: | Blemish. |
| Category: | 2. Discriminative Affections |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
blemish, disfigurement, deformity; adactylism; flaw, defect (imperfection) ; injury (deterioration); spots on the sun; eyesore., stain, blot; spot, spottiness; speck, speckle, blur., tarnish, smudge; dirt., freckle, mole, macula, patch, blotch, birthmark; blobber lip, blubber lip; blain, maculation; scar, wem; pustule; whelk; excrescence, pimple (proturberance).
-verbs
disfigure (injure); speckle.
-adjectives
pitted, freckled, discolored; imperfect; blobber-lipped, bloodshot; injured (deteriorated).
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| Antonyms: | ornament |
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