Smudge

Definition: Smudge

Smudge

Noun

1. A smoky fire to drive away insects.

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

Verb

1. Make a smudge on; soil by smudging.

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

Date "smudge" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1860. (references)

Food & Agriculture

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Smudge

Blemish

Tarnish, smudge; dirt.

Fuel

Coal, wallsend, anthracite, culm, coke, carbon, charcoal, bituminous coal, tar shale; turf, peat, firewood, bobbing, faggot, log; cinder. (products of combustion); ingle, tinder, touchwood; sulphur, brimstone; incense; port-fire; fire-barrel, fireball, brand; amadou, bavin; blind coal, glance coal; German tinder, pyrotechnic sponge, punk, smudge; solid fueled rocket.

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.

Dirt, filth, soil, slop; dust, cobweb, flue; smoke, soot, smudge, smut, grit, grime, raff; sossle, sozzle.

Crosswords: Smudge

You are a smudge on history's ledger, but you are my brother (Helen of Troy; writing credit: Ronnie Kern)

Smudge (1922)

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Books

• A New House For Smudge (reference)

• How Smudge Came (reference)

• I'll Be Your Friend, Smudge! (reference)

• It's My Turn Smudge! (reference)

• Sage & Smudge (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Smudge (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A Japanese patrol boat (black smudge to the right) under attack by gunfire from USS Balch (DD-363) and USS Maury (DD-401) and aircraft from USS Enterprise (CV-6), during the Wake Island raid. Photographed from USS Salt Lake City (CA-25). Credit: NAVY.

Portrait of Muriel Smudge Draper and her sons, Raimond (Raimund?) "Smudge" Draper and Paul Draper, Jr. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expression using "smudge": smudge fire. Additional references.

Ending with "smudge": half-smudge.

Albanian

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

Arabic 

‏لطخة (blot, blotch, blurring, cloud, macula, slur, smear, smirch, soil, speckle, splash, spot, sully), ‏لطخ (bedaub, besmear, blot, blotch, blur, daub, smear, smirch, smutch, soil, splash, splotch, spot, stain, streak, sully, taint, tarnish), ‏وصمة (blot, brand, smirk, spot, stain, stamp), ‏تلطخ (maculation, spot, sully, tarnish), ‏توسخ (smear), ‏علامة (denotation, evidence, index, indication, learned, mark, marker, marking, pit, savant, scholar, score, seal, sign, stamp, symptom, tick, token, type), ‏طمسة (smear), ‏شوش (bedevil, befuddle, blanket, confuse, demoralize, derange, disarrange, dislocate, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, dizzy, embroil, fog, fuddle, garble, gum up, hamper, jam, jumble, mire, mix up, muddle, muddy, obfuscate, obscure, outface, parasite, perplex, perturb, rattle, ravel, scramble, unhinge, unsettle), ‏بقعة (blot, blotch, macula, patch, smear, spatter, speck, splash, splotch, spot, stain, streak, terrain). (various references)

Bulgarian 

опетнявам (attaint, besmirch, darken, imbrue, maculate, mire, pollute, smirch, soil, spot, stain, sully, tarnish), зацапвам се, зацапвам (begrime, blur), петно (attaint, blob, blot, blotch, dab, daub, defilement, flaw, fleck, mottle, note, offset, reflection, slur, smear, smirch, soil, spot, stain, stigma, sully, taint, tarnish), изгонвам с пушек (smoke out). (various references)

Chinese 

污点 (Blot, Blotch, splotch, stain). (various references)

Czech

skvrna (blob, blot, blotch, blur, carbuncle, fleck, macula, slur, smear, smirch, soil, spatter, speck, splash, spot, stain, taint, tarnish), zamazat (begrime, daub, grease, mess up), rozpíjet se, rozmazat (blur), kaòka (blob, blot, blotch, smear, stain). (various references)

Danish

osende afbrændt område. (various references)

Farsi 

لکه (Blob, Blot, Blotch, Blur, Dirt, Dot, Freckle, Gall, Glob, Pip, Smear, Smooch, Smut, Splotch, Spot, Stain, Taint), لک کردن (Blur), لک (Blot, Speck, Stain), سیاه شدن , ایجاددودبرای دفع حشرات . (various references)

Finnish

nokipilkku (smut). (various references)

French

souillure, se maculer, salir (smear, smut), s'étaler, trace, traînée (smear), tache (smear, smirch), marque, maculer (smear), feu fumigène, faire une trace, brouiller, bavure (smear). (various references)

German

Schmutzfleck (dirty mark, smirch, smut), verwischen (blur, cover over, efface, to smear, wear away), verschmieren (blot out, blur, daub, fill in, smear, spread, to daub), Rauchnest, klecks (blob, blot, blotch, dab, spot, stain), fleck (bit, blaze, blemish, blob, blot, blotch, blur, fleck, location, lump, Mark, patch, piece, place, speck, splash, splodge, splotch, spot, stain, star), beschmutzen (bedraggle, begrime, besmirch, dirty, draggle, mire, pollute, soil, stain, sully, taint, thumb, to draggle, to mire, to smudge, to soil). (various references)

Greek 

μουτζούρα (blot, blotch, smear, smirch, smudginess, smut), μουτζουρώνω (black, smut). (various references)

Hebrew 

מדורה (bonfire, fire, flame, hearth), ללכלך (befoul, daub, dirty, foul, grime, muck, smirch, soil, stain, sully), לטשטש (besmear, blot, blur, deface, discolour, haze), לטנף (foul, mess, muck, pollute, soil, sully), עשן סמיך, כתם (mole, patch, slur, smear, splotch, spot, stain, stigma, tarnish), רבב (slur, speckle, stain, taint), סימן מטושטש. (various references)

Hungarian

sűrű füst, piszok (black, bleeding, blemish, crap, crock, dirt, dreck, filth, grime, grunch, grunge, gunk, muck, scuz, scuzz), paca (blob, blot, splodge, splotch, spot), folt (blemish, blob, blot, blotch, blur, cloud, clout, crock, dab, flaw, freckle, gout, mottle, patch, smear, smirch, speck, speckle, splash, splatter, splodge, splotch, spot, stain, tarnish), füstölgő tűz. (various references)

Italian

sbavare (dribble, dribble down, dribble over, drivel, drool, smear), macchiare (blot, blotch, dapple, dirty, Flavor, flavour, Mark, mottle, smear, smirch, soil, speckle, spot, stain, sully, tarnish), macchia (blemish, blob, blot, blotch, brushwood, dab, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, Dot, macula, Mark, patch, rough, scrub, slur, smear, smirch, speck, splash, splotch, spot, stain, stroke, taint, thicket), insudiciare (befoul, begrime, dirty, dirty oneself, get dirty, pollute, soil, stain), imbrattare (bedaub, besmirch, daub, dirty, maculate, soil, stain), fumo denso, focolaio residuo, chiazzare (mottle, speck, speckle), chiazza (Mark, mottle, patch, speckle, spot, stain). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

染みを付ける (to blot, to smudge, to stain). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しみをつける (to blot, to smudge, to stain). (various references)

Korean 

얼룩 (smear, speck, speckle, stain). (various references)

Manx

smearey (blemish, blur, smear, splotch, stain). (various references)

Pig Latin

udgesmay.(various references)

Portuguese

sujar com borrões, sujar (bedabble, befoul, begrime, besmear, besmirch, blemish, blotch, daub, defile, dirt, dirty, dishallow, drabble, draggle, foul, grime, make it wrong, mess, muck, muddy, slubber, smirch, smoke, soil, stain, sully), marca de sujeira, manchar (befoul, besmirch, blemish, blight, blotch, blur, dirty, discolor, discolour, fleck, foul, fox, maculate, pollute, smirch, smoke, soil, speckle, spot, sully, taint), mancha (blemish, blot, blotch, blur, brindle, cloud, dapple, defilement, flaw, fleck, guide-mark, marking, reproach, scar, smear, smirch, soil, splodge, splotch, spot, taint, tarnish), macular (blot, defile, maculate, profane, smirch, soil, spot, stain, sully), borrar (bedaub, blob, blot, blue-pencil, botch, bungle, daub, ink, slubber, spoil), borrão (blob, blot, blur, smear, splodge, splotch, spot). (various references)

Romanian

patã (blemish, blot, blur, breath, dab, flaw, fleck, Mark, patch, slur, smear, smirch, smut, smutch, soil, spatter, spill, splash, splotch, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish, ulcer), murdãrie (contamination, corruption, defilement, dinginess, dirt, dirtiness, dishonesty, dung, filth, filthiness, foulness, greasiness, grime, litter, maculation, mess, muck, nastiness, naughty words, offscourings, ordure, puddle, refuse, rust, smut, smutch, soil, squalidity), murdãri (bedraggle, begrime, besmear, besmirch, blot, contaminate, defile, foul, litter, mess, muck, muddy, pollute, puddle, slop, smear, smirch, smut, smutch, soil, splash, splatter, spot, stain, sully, tarnish), mâzgãliturã (doodle, scratch, scribble, slur, smear, smirch), mâzgãli (blot, daub, scratch, scrawl, scribble, slur, smear, smirch), afuma (burn, corn, cure, deodorize, disinfect, fume, fumigate, gammon, perfume, pickle, reek, scent, smoke, smoke out, smoke-dry, steam, sulphur). (various references)

Russian 

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

Serbo-Croatian

zamazati (besmear, besmirch, gild the pill, slush, smear, soil), vatra sa dosta dima koja tera insekte, mrlja (attaint, blot, dab, fleck, smear, smirch, splash, splotch, spot, stain, taint), mazati se (put on, smear). (various references)

Spanish

tiznar (begrime, grime), tiznón (smut), mancharse (bedraggle, smear, stain, sully, tarnish), manchar (bedaub, befoul, besmirch, blemish, blot, blotch, blur, dapple, daub, defile, dirty, foul, maculate, Mark, smear, soil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tarnish), mancha (black spot, blemish, blob, blot, blotch, blur, daub, fleck, macula, Mark, patch, slick, smear, speckle, splash, splodge, splotch, spot, stain, taint), foco no extinguido, foco de humo, enfangar (dirty, stain). (various references)

Swedish

smutsfläck, fläcka (blot, foul, maculate, smear, smirch, speck, spot, stain, taint, tarnish). (various references)

Thai

รอยเปื้อน (grime, smear, smutch, taint). (various references)

Turkish

sinekleri kaçırmak için yakılan ateş, lekelenmek (bastardize, be dishonored, be spotted, be stained, become stained, blotch, blur, spot), 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, smirch, smutch, soil, spatter, speckle, splodge, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tarnish), kirlenmek (be polluted, be soiled, become dirty, dirty, draggle, foul, soil, stain), karalamak (bedaub, besmear, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blot out, breathe upon, calumniate, chalk out, dash, dash down, dash off, denigrate, doodle, draw, line through, pollute, rule smth. out, scandalize, score out, scrabble, scratch, scribble, scribble down, smut, strike through), kara olmak, is olmak, is lekesi, duman lekesi, bulaştırmak (bedabble, bedaub, besmear, blur, communicate, contaminate, corrupt, daub, dirty, drag, embroil, entangle, imbrue, implicate, infect, involve, inweave, propagate, slush, smear, splodge, splotch, spread, taint, transmit, twine), bulaşmak (be contaminated by, be involved, be transmitted by, become entangled in, catch, get at, get into a row, have a hand in, have one's hand in, mess with, rub on, smear, welter). (various references)

Ukrainian

щось невиразне, фотографія (likeness, photo, photog, photogene, photogram, photograph, photography, picture), грязь (mud, ordure, plonk, slob, slobber, soil), задушливий дим (smolder, smoulder), брудна пляма (smut, smutch), бруднитися (dirty, smear, soil), бруднити (befoul, begrime, bespatter, blur, daub, dirty, discolor, discolour, foul, mess up, muck, muss, smear, soil, sully), плямувати (blemish, defile, speckle, spot, stain). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "smudge": smudged, smudges. (additional references)

Words ending with "smudge": besmudge. (additional references)

Words containing "smudge": besmudged, besmudges. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Smudge" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cumidge, mudge, Mudgee, skudge, smidg, smidget, smudger, snude, sudge. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: degums.

-1 letter: degum, geums, gudes, mused, sedum.

-2 letters: dues, dugs, emus, geds, gems, geum, gude, gums, megs, muds, mugs, muse, smug, sued, used.

-3 letters: due, dug, eds, ems, emu, ged, gem, gum, med, meg, mud, mug, mus, seg, sue, sum, use.

-4 letters: de, ed, em, es, me, mu, um, us.

+1 letter: smudged, smudges.

+2 letters: agendums, besmudge, gumshoed, gumweeds, misguide, misjudge, smudgier, smuggled.

+3 letters: amygdules, besmudged, besmudges, demiurges, guardsmen, guildsmen, judgments, misgauged, misguided, misguider, misguides, misjudged, misjudges, smudgiest, submerged.

+4 letters: besmudging, demagogues, demurrages, disembogue, drugmakers, endogamous, groundsmen, humdingers, judgements, magnitudes, misguessed, misguiders, mudslinger, scrummaged, smudginess.

+5 letters: admeasuring, curmudgeons, disembogued, disembogues, dramaturges, draughtsmen, gourmandise, misguidance, misguidedly, misjudgment, mudslingers, mundunguses, smouldering, unsegmented.