Synonyms of smirching

smirching

verb

present participle of smirch

1

as in staining

to make dirty

their clothes were smirched by dust from the trail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• staining
• blackening
• dirtying
• griming
• messing
• distaining
• begriming
• besmirching
• mucking
• gauming
• bemiring
• smudging
• soiling
• muddying
• sullying
• daubing
• miring
• befouling
• polluting
• fouling
• contaminating
• dishevelling
• draggling
• tainting
• disheveling
• discoloring
• defiling
• disarranging
• disarraying
• muddling
• confusing
• jumbling
• disordering
• collying
• crocking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cleaning
• cleansing
• purging
• purifying
• sweeping
• decontaminating
• wiping
• washing
• disinfecting
• brushing
• scrubbing
• dusting
• sanitizing
• mopping
• rinsing
• scouring
• laundering
• renewing
• brightening
• straightening (up)
• tidying (up)
• freshening
• sprucing (up)
• dry-cleaning
• deodorizing

2

as in humiliating

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humiliating
• discrediting
• embarrassing
• shaming
• rattling
• degrading
• taking down
• confusing
• disgracing
• humbling
• insulting
• dishonoring
• debasing
• demeaning
• lowering
• cheapening
• fouling
• abasing
• chastening
• criticizing
• diminishing
• sinking
• minimizing
• nonplussing
• disconcerting
• crying down
• writing off
• mortifying
• ridiculing
• detracting
• nonplusing
• disparaging
• discounting
• discountenancing
• discomfiting
• flustering
• decrying
• abashing
• putting down
• slandering
• maligning
• belittling
• confounding
• depreciating
• condemning
• libelling
• defaming
• libeling
• castigating
• affronting
• defiling
• fazing
• execrating
• reprehending
• denouncing
• bad-mouthing
• damning
• censuring
• reprobating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• elevating
• celebrating
• honoring
• citing
• cheering
• decorating
• recognizing
• praising
• boasting
• extolling
• applauding
• complimenting
• congratulating
• exalting
• saluting
• aggrandizing
• acknowledging
• hailing
• canonizing
• commending
• deifying
• lauding
• eulogizing
• touting
• acclaiming
• highlighting
• playing up
• fêting
• promoting
• spotlighting
• advancing
• lifting
• upgrading
• raising
• magnifying
• feting
• enshrining
• boosting
• glorifying
• uplifting
• dignifying
• enthroning
• ennobling
• enskying
• romanticizing
• idealizing