Synonyms of smut

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noun

1

as in soil

foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something

once a year they cleaned all of the smut out of the chimney

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soil
• dirt
• muck
• filth
• sewage
• sludge
• garbage
• grime
• dust
• litter
• gunk
• trash
• crud
• junk
• rubbish
• sewerage
• scum
• dross
• swill
• slime
• soot
• refuse
• dirtiness
• waste
• scrap
• nastiness
• foulness
• crock
• uncleanliness
• dustiness
• filthiness
• uncleanness
• grubbiness
• dinginess
• griminess
• squalidness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cleanliness
• cleanness

2

as in grossness

the quality or state of being obscene

the talk-show host is famous for shows filled with smut and scandal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grossness
• vulgarity
• obscenity
• suggestiveness
• foulness
• crudeness
• filth
• coarseness
• profanity
• dirtiness
• ribaldry
• lewdness
• bawdiness
• impurity
• raunch
• indecency
• lasciviousness
• raunchiness
• nastiness
• filthiness
• smuttiness
• crudity
• wantonness
• dirt
• abusiveness
• offensiveness
• naughtiness
• blueness
• lowness
• distastefulness
• atrocity
• impureness
• broadness
• perversity
• raciness
• perversion
• indelicacy
• lechery
• earthiness
• wickedness
• saltiness
• unacceptability
• perverseness
• unpleasantness
• immodesty
• depravity
• undesirability
• kinkiness
• obnoxiousness
• repugnance
• infamy
• repulsiveness
• reprehensibility
• loathsomeness
• indecorousness
• gaminess
• unbecomingness
• repellency
• objectionableness
• indelicateness
• pervertedness
• depravedness
• reprehensibleness
• exceptionability
• scurrilousness
• atrociousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• prudery
• puritanism
• prudishness
• primness
• priggishness
• correctness
• decency
• decorum
• fitness
• suitability
• appropriateness
• purity
• seemliness
• priggery
• perfection
• suitableness
• decorousness
• spotlessness

smut

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verb

as in to dirty

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dirty
• soil
• smear
• tar
• blur
• smudge
• cloud
• discolor
• pollute
• taint
• besmirch
• poison
• stain
• sully
• tarnish
• besmear
• spoil
• smirch
• blacken
• touch
• blemish
• shame
• mar
• dishonor
• disgrace
• pervert
• begrime
• darken
• deprave
• debauch
• foul
• vitiate
• subvert
• degrade
• discredit
• corrupt
• debase
• demean
• cheapen
• abase
• lower
• sink
• color
• demoralize
• bastardize
• distort
• twist

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cleanse
• purify
• elevate
• glorify
• uplift
• dignify
• magnify
• ennoble
• enshrine
• hallow

Examples of smut in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The rampant smut that blighted Times Square and the constellation of lowlifes who orbited around it were tackled in that neighborhood in the mid ’90s. —Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023

My husband had no fondness for smut, for assaults on the sacred. —Marie Ndiaye, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023

My friend Mike cuts single frames of smut into family features. —Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023

The old diplomat was shaken to the core to discover that in their correspondence Mozart and his family and friends were gleefully given to silliness and smut. —Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books, 22 Dec. 2022