SMEARED Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

smeared

verb

Definition of smeared next

past tense of smear

as in painted

to rub an oily or sticky substance over the toddler gleefully smeared her hair and face with maple syrup

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as in libeled

to make untrue and harmful statements about he is willing to smear his opponent if doing so would win the election

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Recent Examples of smeared The dog couldn’t go in her room so soon after her transplant, so Aspen dabbed colors on a small canvas and handed it to Scott, who put it in a plastic bag and smeared peanut butter on top. —

Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026 The dog couldn’t go in her room so soon after her transplant, so Aspen dabbed colors on a small canvas and handed it to Scott, who put it in a plastic bag and smeared peanut butter on top. —

Laura Ungar, Fortune, 23 May 2026 His windshield is smeared with the dust of a lengthy road journey. —

Jessica Kiang, Variety, 22 May 2026 Cara Mangini spoons these luscious tomatoes over crostini that she's smeared with goat cheese or ricotta, then tops each with extra basil. —

Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 21 May 2026 But the pigment and gum are largely invisible, because harding and Upkett smeared them with white paint used by the Carnegie Museum to cover its walls. —

Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026 The Orbánists first ignored them, then smeared them. —

Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026 Later on, Firecracker was tasked with addressing her church's destruction on television and smeared their reputation, betraying her former life and beliefs. —

Staff Author, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026 Greenhaven had racked up years of health violations, including from letting untrained workers administer medications, lacking enough employees to care for people with dementia, and neglecting a resident who smeared feces over his body, bed, floor, and bathroom, the notice said. —

Jordan Rau, Miami Herald, 23 Apr. 2026

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Moorish influences extend from the bathroom doorways to the terrace, painted soft greens and pinks in contrast to the darker woods and fabrics.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
In fact, the coverage for the start of Davis’s second marathon was far more widespread than the first and included an article on Mark Samuels, the artist who painted the second Winkie billboard.

— Jonathan Odden, Artforum, 2 June 2026