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- Dictionarysmirch/sməːtʃ/
verb
- 1. make (something) dirty; soil: "the window was smirched by heat and smoke"
noun
- 1. a dirty mark or stain.
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The meaning of SMIRCH is to make dirty, stained, or discolored : sully.
Definitions of smirch. verb. smear so as to make dirty or stained. synonyms: besmirch. see more. verb. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone. synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, sully. see more.
to discolor or soil; spot or smudge with or as with soot, dust, dirt, etc. 2. to sully or tarnish (a person, reputation, character, etc.); disgrace; discredit. noun. 3. a dirty mark or smear, as of soot, dust, dirt, etc. 4. a stain or blot, as on reputation. SYNONYMS 1. smear, smut, dirty.
Smirch definition: to discolor or soil; spot or smudge with or as with soot, dust, dirt, etc.. See examples of SMIRCH used in a sentence.
v.t. 1. to discolor or soil; spot or smudge with or as if with soot, dirt, etc. 2. to sully or tarnish (a reputation, character, etc.); disgrace. n. 3. a dirty mark or smear. 4. a stain or blot, as on reputation. [1485–95; orig. uncertain]
Jun 2, 2024 · smirch ( countable and uncountable, plural smirches) ( archaic) Dirt, or a stain . Too often, in the years between 800 and 1050, the everyday sun declined through the smirch of flame and smoke of a monastery or town robbed and burnt. ( figurative, archaic) A stain on somebody's reputation .
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Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the noun smirch mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun smirch. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.
Smirch definition: To soil, stain, or dirty with or as if with a smearing agent.
Figuratively, to degrade; reduce in honor, dignity, fame, repute, or the like: as, to smirch one’s own or another’s reputation. noun. A soiling mark or smear; a darkening stain; a smutch. transitive verb. To smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully. noun. A smutch; a dirty stain. verb
