Smirch

Definition: Smirch

Smirch

Noun

1. A blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek".

2. An act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook".

Verb

1. Smear so as to make dirty or stained.

2. Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" The article in the paper sullied my reputation".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "smirch" was first used: 14th century. (references)

Synonyms: Smirch

Uncleanness

Render unclean; Adjective: dirt, dirty; daub, blot, blur, smudge, smutch, soil, smoke, tarnish, slaver, spot, smear; smirch; begrease;dabble, drabble, draggle, daggle; spatter, slubber; besmear; bemire, beslime, begrime, befoul; splash, stain, distain, maculate, sully, pollute, defile, debase, contaminate, taint, leaven; corrupt; (injure); cover with dust; Noun: drabble in the mud; roil.

Expression using "smirch": smirch a bitter smile. Additional references.

Albanian

njollos (bespatter, blacken, blemish, blot, blur, cloud, defile, dye, imbrue, smear, smudge, splash, splotch, spot, stain, sully), njollë (blemish, blot, blotch, blur, cloud, discoloration, imputation, Mark, mote, nebula, patch, plash, slur, smear, smudge, soil, splodge, splotch, spot, stain, stigma, taint), ndot (bedaub, besmirch, bespatter, contaminate, defile, dirty, disgust, foul, grime, pollute, repugnance, smear, smudge, soil, splash). (various references)

Arabic 

‏لوث (bedaub, befoul, besmear, besmirch, blot, contaminate, daub, defile, degrade, dirty, discredit, file, foul, pollute, smear, soil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish), ‏لطخة (blot, blotch, blurring, cloud, macula, slur, smear, smudge, soil, speckle, splash, spot, sully), ‏لطخ السمعة (besmirch, foul), ‏لطخ (bedaub, besmear, blot, blotch, blur, daub, smear, smudge, smutch, soil, splash, splotch, spot, stain, streak, sully, taint, tarnish), ‏وصمة عار (stigma). (various references)

Bulgarian 

омърсявам (befoul, besmirch, dirty, muck, slubber, soil), опетнявам (attaint, besmirch, darken, imbrue, maculate, mire, pollute, smudge, soil, spot, stain, sully, tarnish), петня (blaspheme, blemish, cast reflection on, denigrate, disfigure, libel, pollute, slur, smear, soil, speck, spot, stain, stigmatize, sully, tarnish), петно (attaint, blob, blot, blotch, dab, daub, defilement, flaw, fleck, mottle, note, offset, reflection, slur, smear, smudge, soil, spot, stain, stigma, sully, taint, tarnish). (various references)

Czech

skvrna (blob, blot, blotch, blur, carbuncle, fleck, macula, slur, smear, smudge, soil, spatter, speck, splash, spot, stain, taint, tarnish), špinit (denigrate, dirty). (various references)

Dutch

smet (blot, spot), schande (disgrace, shame). (various references)

French

souiller (smear). (various references)

German

schmutzfleck (dirty mark, smudge, smut), schandfleck (blemish, blot, discredit, eyesore, ulcer), makel (blemish, defect, scar, slur, stigma, taint). (various references)

Greek 

λερώνω (bedraggle, befoul, begrime, besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, defile, dirty, foul, grime, moil, slur, smear, soil, splotch, stain, sully). (various references)

Hebrew 

ללכלך (befoul, daub, dirty, foul, grime, muck, smudge, soil, stain, sully), ל�"כתים (stain, stigmatize, taint, tarnish), ל�"כפיש (bedraggle, sully, taint), �"ופי (blemish, fault, flaw, impurity, insult, scorn, slur, taint). (various references)

Hungarian

mocsok (Colly, creep, defilement, grime, muck, ordure, scuz, scuzz, sleaze, sleazebag, sodding, squalor), folt (blemish, blob, blot, blotch, blur, cloud, clout, crock, dab, flaw, freckle, gout, mottle, patch, smear, smudge, speck, speckle, splash, splatter, splodge, splotch, spot, stain, tarnish), beszennyez (contaminate, dirty, foul, maculate, pollute, sully, to blemish, to contaminate, to darken, to dirty, to discolour, to foul, to grime, to slubber, to smut, to soil, to sully, to vitiate). (various references)

Italian

macchiare (blot, blotch, dapple, dirty, Flavor, flavour, Mark, mottle, smear, smudge, soil, speckle, spot, stain, sully, tarnish), macchia (blemish, blob, blot, blotch, brushwood, dab, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, Dot, macula, Mark, patch, rough, scrub, slur, smear, smudge, speck, splash, splotch, spot, stain, stroke, taint, thicket). (various references)

Pig Latin

irchsmay

Portuguese

sujeira (dirt, filth, foulness, grime, grubbiness, mess, muck, smut, soil), sujar (bedabble, befoul, begrime, besmear, besmirch, blemish, blotch, daub, defile, dirt, dirty, dishallow, drabble, draggle, foul, grime, make it wrong, mess, muck, muddy, slubber, smoke, smudge, soil, stain, sully), nódoa (blur, fleck, smear, soil, splodge, splotch, spot, stain, taint, tarnish), manchar (befoul, besmirch, blemish, blight, blotch, blur, dirty, discolor, discolour, fleck, foul, fox, maculate, pollute, smoke, smudge, soil, speckle, spot, sully, taint), mancha (blemish, blot, blotch, blur, brindle, cloud, dapple, defilement, flaw, fleck, guide-mark, marking, reproach, scar, smear, smudge, soil, splodge, splotch, spot, taint, tarnish), macular (blot, defile, maculate, profane, smudge, soil, spot, stain, sully), máscara (blind, mask, pretence, pretense, shade, veil, vise, visor, vizard, vizor), mácula (blot, defilement, scar, spot, stain, taint), estigma (brand, note, slur), enodoar, difamar (asperse, belie, blacken, blemish, defame, detract, libel, malign, reproach, scandalize, slander, speak evil of, stain, traduce, vilify), desonrar (attaint, defile, disgrace, dishallow, dishonor, dishonour, foul, profane), aviltar (debase, degrade, demean, profane, prostitute, shame, vilify). (various references)

Romanian

stropi (asperse, beddable, besmear, besmirch, dabble, damp, dash, drop, irrigate, perfuse, smear, sparge, spatter, speck, splash, splatter, splutter, spray, sprinkle, sputter, squirt, water), spurca (besmear, besmirch, defile, desecrate, dirty, smear, soil, taint, vitiate), patã (blemish, blot, blur, breath, dab, flaw, fleck, Mark, patch, slur, smear, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, spatter, spill, splash, splotch, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, ulcer), pãta (attaint, blemish, cloud, foul, maculate, Mark, slop, smear, smut, soil, speckle, splash, splatter, spoil, spot, stain, sully), murdãri (bedraggle, begrime, besmear, besmirch, blot, contaminate, defile, foul, litter, mess, muck, muddy, pollute, puddle, slop, smear, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, splash, splatter, spot, stain, sully, tarnish), mâzgãliturã (doodle, scratch, scribble, slur, smear, smudge), mâzgãli (blot, daub, scratch, scrawl, scribble, slur, smear, smudge), mânji (bedaub, beddable, besmear, besmirch, blur, daub, defile, foul, grime, mess, soil, stain, sully). (various references)

Russian 

пятно (attaint, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, cloud, fleck, imputation, moil, patch, reflection, reflexion, smear, smudge, soil, spot, spots of, stain, stigma, taint), пачкать (befoul, begrime, besmear, besmirch, daub, mess, smear, smudge, soil, splotch, spot, sully). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uprljati (become dirty, begrime, defile, dirty, draggle, foul, taint), mrlja (attaint, blot, dab, fleck, smear, smudge, splash, splotch, spot, stain, taint), ljaga (blemish, discredit, plague spot, stain, stigma, taint). (various references)

Spanish

mancillar (dirty, maculate, stain, taint), desdorar. (various references)

Swedish

smutsa (make dirty, soil), nedsmutsning (contamination), fläcka (blot, foul, maculate, smear, smudge, speck, spot, stain, taint, tarnish), fläck (blemish, blot, blotch, blur, discoloration, fleck, flick, Mark, mottle, patch, slur, smear, speck, speckle, splodge, splotch, spot, stain, taint). (various references)

Thai

ทำให้เปื้อน (grime, mire, soil). (various references)

Turkish

lekelemek (asperse, attaint, bastardize, bedaub, befoul, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, brand, breathe upon, cloud, defile, dirty, discolor, discolour, dishonor, fleck, flecker, maculate, mottle, slur, smear, smudge, smutch, soil, spatter, speckle, splodge, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tarnish), leke sürme, leke (attaint, blemish, blob, blot, blotch, blur, cloud, discoloration, discolouration, fleck, Mackle, macula, maculation, mottle, shame, slur, smear, soil, splodge, splotch, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish), kirletmek (bedaub, befoul, begrime, bemire, besmear, besmirch, blot, contaminate, daub, defile, dirty, foul, foul up, grime, make dirty, mess, pollute, rape, slur, smear, smutch, soil, spatter, stain, sully, tarnish, vitiate), kir (dirt, filth, grime, smear, soil, stain, tarnish), karalama (blackening, calumny, defamation, doodle, libel, rough copy, scandal, scrawl, scribble). (various references)

Ukrainian

ганьба (blot, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, shame, spot, stain), пляма (blot, blotch, blur, discoloration, discolouration, fleck, macula, maculation, slur, smear, splash, spot, stain, star, taint). (various references)

esmorcher. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "smirch": smirched, smirches, smirching. (additional references)

Words ending with "smirch": besmirch. (additional references)

Words containing "smirch": besmirched, besmirches, besmirching. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Smirch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Mircho, omrich, Shiach, shiraho, Sidrach, smach, smarsh, smeech, Smersh, smir, smirt, smitch, smurk, snirk, zirch. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: chirms, chrism.

-1 letter: chirm, scrim.

-2 letters: chis, cris, ichs, mirs, rich, rims, shim, shri.

-3 letters: chi, cis, hic, him, his, ich, ism, mir, mis, rim, sic, sim, sir, sri.

-4 letters: hi, hm, is, mi, sh, si.

+1 letter: charism, chimars, chimers, chrisma, chrisms, chrisom.

+2 letters: archaism, besmirch, charisma, charisms, chimeras, chimeres, chrismal, chrismon, chrisoms, marchesi, microhms, smirched, smirches.

+3 letters: anarchism, archaisms, armchairs, camphires, chairmans, chemisorb, chemistry, cherubims, chimaeras, chimerism, choriambs, chrismons, chromides, chromings, chromites, chromiums, chromizes, dichroism, harmonics, inchworms, mariachis, micromhos, midrashic, mischarge, mouchoirs, omniarchs, rhythmics, scrimshaw, smirching, smutchier, trichomes.

+4 letters: anarchisms, besmirched, besmirches, charismata, chemisorbs, chemurgies, cherimoyas, chimaerism, chimerisms, chirimoyas, chromatics, chromatids, chromatins, dichroisms, dichromats, eurythmics, graphemics, harmonicas, humoristic, hypocorism, isomorphic, maraschino, matriarchs, microchips, microliths, mischarged, mischarges, monarchies, monarchism, monarchist, monorchids, morphemics, nomarchies, pharmacies, pharmacist, reichsmark, revanchism, rheumatics, schmalzier, schmeering, scrimshaws, sophomoric.

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