Overview of noun smear

The noun smear has 4 senses

• smear, vilification, malignment -- (slanderous defamation)


• smear, cytologic smear, cytosmear -- (a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope)


• smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur -- (a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek")


• blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain -- (an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook")

Overview of verb smear

The verb smear has 4 senses

• smear -- (stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance)


• smear, blur, smudge, smutch -- (make a smudge on; soil by smudging)


• daub, smear -- (cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster")


• defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch -- (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")