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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disgrace, disfigure |
| Synonyms: | bespatter, blemish, dirty, discolor, mark, smudge, smut, soil, spoil, spot, stain, sully, tarnish |
| Antonyms: | beautify, grace, prettify |
| Main Entry: | absorb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically take in a liquid |
| Synonyms: | blot, consume, devour, drink in, imbibe, ingest, ingurgitate, osmose, soak up, sop up, sponge up, suck in, swallow, take in |
| Antonyms: | disperse, dissipate, eject, emit, exude, spew, vomit |
| Main Entry: | blacken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | darken |
| Synonyms: | befoul, begrime, blot, cloud, deepen, ebonize, grow dark, grow dim, ink, make dark, shade, smudge, soil |
| Antonyms: | bleach, lighten, whiten |
| Main Entry: | blacken |
| 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: | blemish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flaw, disfigure |
| Synonyms: | blot, blotch, blur, damage, deface, distort, harm, hurt, impair, injure, maim, mangle, mar, mark, mutilate, pervert, prejudice, scar, smudge, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, twist, vitiate, wrench |
| Antonyms: | adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament |
| Main Entry: | blur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make dirty |
| Synonyms: | besmear, blemish, blot, discolor, smear, smudge, spot, stain, taint, tarnish |
| Antonyms: | clarify, clean, cleanse, purify |
| Main Entry: | clean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make undirty, uncluttered |
| Synonyms: | absterge, bath, bathe, blot, brush, cauterize, clarify, cleanse, clear the decks, clear up, deodorize, depurate, deterge, disinfect, do up, dredge, dust, edulcorate, elutriate, erase, expunge, expurgate, flush, hackle, launder, lave, mop, neaten, pick, pick up, polish, purge, purify, rake, rasp, refine, rinse, rout out, sanitize, scald, scour, scrape, scrub, shake out, shampoo, soak, soap, sponge, spruce up, sterilize, straighten up, swab, sweep, tidy up, vacuum, wash, whisk, winnow, wipe |
| Antonyms: | adulterate, defile, dirty, foul, soil, stain |
| Main Entry: | discolor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fading, dirtying of hue |
| Synonyms: | besmear, besmirch, blot, defile, mar, mark, rust, smear, soil, stain, streak, sully, tar, tarnish, tinge |
| Antonyms: | brighten, color |
| Main Entry: | disgrace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring shame upon |
| Synonyms: | abase, attaint, besmirch, blot, debase, defame, defile, degrade, depress, deride, derogate, desecrate, discredit, disfavor, dishonor, disparage, disregard, disrespect, expel, give a black eye, humble, humiliate, libel, lose face, lower, mock, put down, reduce, reproach, ridicule, slander, slur, snub, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, take down a peg, tar and feather, tarnish |
| Antonyms: | esteem, exalt, honor, respect |
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