Synonyms for Smear (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (slanderous defamation):
vilification, malignment
WordNet sense 2 (a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope):
cytosmear, cytologic smear
WordNet sense 3 (a blemish made by dirt):
blot, daub, slur, smirch, smudge, spot
WordNet sense 4 (make a smudge on; soil by smudging):
blur, smutch
WordNet sense 5 (charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone):
besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, sully, asperse
WordNet sense 6 (an act that brings discredit to the person who does it):
stain
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