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as in blackened
to make dirty
their clothes were smirched by dust from the trail
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as in humiliated
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes
this scandal will forever smirch the name of a once-great family
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as in stained
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smirched
Verb
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Some former generals involved in martial law decades ago had ended up in prison and been publicly disgraced.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2025 -
That until such monsters and secret policemen and fantasists of apartheid, are as abandoned and disgraced as the National Socialists, there will be war.—
Maelle Beauget-Uhl,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Williams was downright filthy from May 7 through the end of June, posting a 1.45 ERA.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
5 Aug. 2025
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The kitten was in a sad condition: overheated, wounded, filthy, and covered in fleas and feces.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 July 2025
Adjective
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Food is not protected from cross-contamination, or other contamination, during storage, preparation, holding, display or is in contact with unclean surfaces.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Aug. 2025
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An investigation by The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) found that the dogs were kept in unclean and overcrowded conditions, with little access to fresh water.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
17 July 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, in the grubby streets of Buffalo (hey, what did Buffalo do to deserve this!), Simone’s older sister Devon is getting home one morning after her second DUI.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Now, the world is essentially the puppet of the A.I. big bad known as The Entity, which has gotten its grubby digital claws into the global psyche as well as most of the world’s nuclear arsenals.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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Remember, each drop can do this, so many times, the whole plant can look like a spotted mess.—
Dr. Matthew Lisy,
Hartford Courant,
2 Aug. 2025
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There are two species: the striped cucumber beetle and the spotted cucumber beetle, which are both about 1/5-inch in length, either with three black stripes or 12 black spots on a yellowish to yellowish-green body.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Your dingy, plain-vanilla concrete drive can be transformed to a stunning art piece by installing a thin cement stucco coating.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
2 Aug. 2025
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These machines blast away years of grime, dirt, mildew, and even stubborn stains, transforming dingy and dull surfaces into sparkling clean ones in mere minutes.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 May 2025
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“Smirched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smirched. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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