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smirchedverbpast tense of smirch to make dirtytheir clothes were smirched by dust from the trail befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, blackened, daubed, dirtied, distained(archaic), fouled, gaumed(dialect), grimed, mired, mucked, muddied, smudged, soiled, stained, sullied contaminated, defiled, polluted, tainteddiscoloredconfused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled(or dishevelled), disordered, draggled, jumbled, messed, muddledcollied(chiefly British dialect), crocked(dialect) cleaned, cleansed decontaminated, purged, purifieddisinfected, sanitizedbrushed, dry-cleaned, dusted, laundered, mopped, rinsed, scoured, scrubbed, swept, washed, wipedbrightened, deodorized, freshened, renewed, spruced (up)straightened (up), tidied (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 abased, chastened, cheapened, debased, degraded, demeaned, discredited, disgraced, dishonored, fouled, humbled, humiliated, lowered, sank(or sunk), shamed, took down abashed, confounded, confused, discomfited, disconcerted, discountenanced, embarrassed, fazed, flustered, mortified, nonplussed(also nonplused), rattledbelittled, castigated, cried down, criticized, decried, depreciated, detracted, diminished, discounted, disparaged, minimized, put down, ridiculed, wrote offbad-mouthed, defamed, defiled, libeled(or libelled), maligned, slanderedaffronted, insultedcensured, condemned, damned, denounced, execrated, reprehended, reprobated aggrandized, canonized, deified, elevated, exalted acclaimed, applauded, boasted, celebrated, cheered, cited, commended, complimented, congratulated, decorated, eulogized, extolled, feted(or fêted), hailed, honored, lauded, praised, saluted, toutedacknowledged, recognizedhighlighted, played up, spotlighted(or spotlit)dignified, ennobled, enshrined, enskied, enthroned, glorified, magnifiedadvanced, boosted, lifted, promoted, raised, upgraded, upliftedidealized, romanticized |