Thesaurus results for ANOINTS

anoints

verb

Definition of anoints next

present tense third-person singular of anoint

as in smears

to rub an oily or sticky substance over anoint the wound with antiseptic to prevent infection

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Recent Examples of anoints The episode officially anoints a new captain for the 118 — and sees Harry considering a life fighting fires. —

Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Nov. 2025 The Swedish institution often anoints writers who metabolize their specific histories into memorable language that stretches beyond borders and governments, transcending regional particulars. —

Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025

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Verb

This chilling, starkly beautiful ambient piece draws Nebraska’s marginal whispers to the forefront and smears them across the picture plane.

— Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026
The five pieces offer, in turn, biomorphic hints of de Kooning, the ragged shapes of Clyfford Still, the bold geometries of Ellsworth Kelly, the paint smears of Gerhard Richter, and something that looks like toothpaste squeezed onto an orange peel.

— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025