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smirchesnounpl. of smirch a mark of guilt or disgracecorruption charges that were a smirch on her reputation blots, brands, onuses, slurs, smudges, spots, stains, stigmas(or stigmata), taints black eyes, discredit, disesteems, disgraces, dishonors, disreputes, guilts, ignominies, infamies, obloquies, odiums, opprobriums, reproaches, shamescorruptions, debaucheries, depravities, immoralities, iniquities, sins, vices awards, credits, honorschastities, modesties, puritiesgoods, rightshonesties, integrities, legitimacies, probities, rectitudesfames, glories, renowns, reputes smirchesverbpresent tense third-person singular of smirchto make dirtytheir clothes were smirched by dust from the trail befouls, begrimes, bemires, besmirches, blackens, daubs, dirties, distains(archaic), fouls, gaums(dialect), grimes, mires, mucks, muddies, smudges, soils, stains, sullies contaminates, defiles, pollutes, taintsdiscolorsconfuses, disarranges, disarrays, dishevels, disorders, draggles, jumbles, messes, muddlescollies(chiefly British dialect), crocks(dialect) cleans, cleanses decontaminates, purges, purifiesdisinfects, sanitizesbrushes, dry-cleans, dusts, launders, mops, rinses, scours, scrubs, sweeps, washes, wipesbrightens, deodorizes, freshens, renews, spruces (up)straightens (up), tidies (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 abases, chastens, cheapens, debases, degrades, demeans, discredits, disgraces, dishonors, fouls, humbles, humiliates, lowers, shames, sinks, takes down abashes, confounds, confuses, discomfits, disconcerts, discountenances, embarrasses, fazes, flusters, mortifies, nonpluses(or nonplusses), rattlesbelittles, castigates, cries down, criticizes, decries, depreciates, detracts, diminishes, discounts, disparages, minimizes, puts down, ridicules, writes offbad-mouths, defames, defiles, libels, maligns, slandersaffronts, insultscensures, condemns, damns, denounces, execrates, reprehends, reprobates aggrandizes, canonizes, deifies, elevates, exalts acclaims, applauds, boasts, celebrates, cheers, cites, commends, compliments, congratulates, decorates, eulogizes, extols(also extolls), fetes(or fêtes), hails, honors, lauds, praises, salutes, toutsacknowledges, recognizeshighlights, plays up, spotlightsdignifies, ennobles, enshrines, enskies, enthrones, glorifies, magnifiesadvances, boosts, lifts, promotes, raises, upgrades, upliftsidealizes, romanticizes |