例句 |
smirchnoun a mark of guilt or disgracecorruption charges that were a smirch on her reputation blot, brand, onus, slur, smudge, spot, stain, stigma, taint black eye, discredit, disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, guilt, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, shamecorruption, debauchery, depravity, immorality, iniquity, licentiousness, sin, unscrupulousness, vice award, credit, honorchasteness, chastity, modesty, purity, stainlessnessgood, righthonesty, integrity, legitimacy, probity, rectitude, scrupulousness, uprightnessgoodness, righteousness, virtuousnessfame, glory, renown, repute smirchverbto make dirtytheir clothes were smirched by dust from the trail befoul, begrime, bemire, besmirch, blacken, daub, dirty, distain(archaic), foul, gaum(dialect), grime, mire, muck, muddy, smudge, soil, stain, sully contaminate, defile, pollute, taintdiscolorconfuse, disarrange, disarray, dishevel, disorder, draggle, jumble, mess, muddlecolly(chiefly British dialect), crock(dialect) clean, cleanse decontaminate, purge, purifydisinfect, sanitizebrush, dry-clean, dust, launder, mop, rinse, scour, scrub, sweep, wash, wipebrighten, deodorize, freshen, renew, spruce (up)straighten (up), tidy (up) to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyesthis scandal will forever smirch the name of a once-great family abase, chasten, cheapen, debase, degrade, demean, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, foul, humble, humiliate, lower, shame, sink, take down abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattlebelittle, castigate, criticize, cry down, decry, depreciate, detract, diminish, discount, disparage, minimize, put down, ridicule, write offbad-mouth, defame, defile, libel, malign, slanderaffront, insultcensure, condemn, damn, denounce, execrate, reprehend, reprobate aggrandize, canonize, deify, elevate, exalt acclaim, applaud, boast, celebrate, cheer, cite, commend, compliment, congratulate, decorate, eulogize, extol(also extoll), fete(or fête), hail, honor, laud, praise, salute, toutacknowledge, recognizehighlight, play up, spotlightdignify, ennoble, enshrine, ensky, enthrone, glorify, magnifyadvance, boost, lift, promote, raise, upgrade, upliftidealize, romanticize in the 15th century |