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Synonyms for smudge
smʌdʒsmudge
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Princeton's WordNet
smudgenoun
a smoky fire to drive away insects
smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slurverb
a blemish made by dirt
"he had a smudge on his cheek"
Synonyms:
bit, patch, dapple, office, speckle, pip, touch, cytosmear, place, smear, aspersion, daub, fleck, cytologic smear, maculation, slur, post, stain, malignment, position, smirch, vilification, billet, blot, spotlight, spot, point, situation, berth, topographic pointsmear, blur, smudge, smutchverb
make a smudge on; soil by smudging
Synonyms:
besmirch, asperse, dim, smear, smutch, calumniate, confuse, denigrate, daub, film over, slander, blur, slur, sully, glaze over, blear, smirch, defame, obscure, obnubilate
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make black
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#137 | post | |
#241 | office | |
#316 | place | |
#438 | point | |
#921 | position | |
#982 | bit | |
#1902 | situation | |
#2026 | patch | |
#2192 | touch | |
#2915 | spot | |
#3202 | soil | |
#4566 | dust | |
#6162 | spotlight | |
#9389 | dim | |
#12545 | stain | |
#13380 | obscure | |
#17984 | blur | |
#20060 | confuse | |
#20275 | pip | |
#22663 | smear | |
#22907 | billet | |
#24566 | blot | |
#25499 | berth | |
#33274 | slander | |
#41477 | sully | |
#41736 | fleck | |
#49676 | smudge | |
#59341 | slur | |
#73765 | defame | |
#76844 | speckle | |
#86920 | denigrate | |
#94285 | vilification | |
#113170 | daub | |
#130992 | dapple | |
#225345 | besmirch | |
#261087 | fumigate | |
#278353 | aspersion |
How to use smudge in a sentence?
He came into my home and to me it looked just like a smudge, when I first saw Will, my instinct was to also hand him a wipe. It would have been common sense for any person who cares about children to help them if they didnt know they had that on their head.
I'm just trying to make a smudge on the collective unconscious.
If there is a smudge on the Seal of the United States Senate, or on the Star of the North, as we like to call our state, I will work my hardest to polish both back to brightness.
Translations for smudge
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- لطخةArabic
- zamazatCzech
- Fleck, verschmieren, verwischenGerman
- makuloEsperanto
- macular, desenfocarSpanish
- لک کردنPersian
- tuhria, savustaa, läiskä, tahra, tahria, savuttaa, töhriäFinnish
- bavure, maculerFrench
- धब्बाHindi
- nodaIndonesian
- sbavaturaItalian
- 汚れJapanese
- კოცონიGeorgian
- ಸ್ಮಡ್ಜ್Kannada
- smudgeLatin
- ukuparaMāori
- manchaPortuguese
- пятно, пачкать, размазать, марать, испачкать, замарать, размазыватьRussian
- fläckaSwedish
- 弄脏Chinese
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