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smear

Definition for smear

verb as in rub on, spread over

verb as in tarnish a reputation

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Example Sentences

He adopted “Dec Martens” as a kind of punk rock alias, like the Germs’ Darby Crash or Pat Smear.

Alba Party general secretary Chris McEleny said Salmond had been cleared by a court of law, and claimed the former first minister was the victim of a smear campaign.

From BBC

Ali denied all wrongdoing, saying he is the target of a smear campaign.

Donald Trump is continuing to dig way down into his nasty bucket of racism and hate, grab the mess in his hands, and then smear it all over himself.

From Salon

“If you allow your 2-year-old to smear the contents of his diapers on the wall of your living room and you do nothing about it, if you allow your 14-year-old to light a joint at the breakfast table, if you allow your hormone-addled 15-year-old daughter to slam the door of her bedroom and give you the finger, you’re gonna get more of it and those kids are going to wind up in rehab,” Carlson, who has three adult daughters, said at the pro-Trump Turning Point USA event.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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