smuts

Definition of smutsnext
present tense third-person singular of smut

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Verb
  • When Kendi began experiencing slight cloudiness in her right eye, veterinarians identified the issue head-on — cataracts, a condition that clouds the eye's lens and can lead to blindness if left untreated.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • Ambiguity clouds the conversation and risks leaving your protégé more confused than enlightened.
    Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Cleaning dirt and smudges off window glass helps sunlight penetrate into your home and will boost the amount of light that’s available to your houseplants.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Dim sunlight smudges skies for only a few hours in the depth of winter.
    Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The adventurous actress dirties up her frock and face to play the village pariah, who reeks of fish and would be no man’s idea of a suitable wife, except perhaps the one-eyed bum who sleeps in the town square.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Volcanic vineyard soils on display at Omina Romana.
    Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • At one point, the prisoner soils himself, prompting a vomitous reaction.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
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
Verb
  • When that protective finish gets damaged, the toilet actually stains easier and is harder to keep clean over time.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 24 May 2026
  • What Sacks doesn’t get is that by financing and diplomatically supporting Israel, our country makes the crimes of the Israeli government possible, which stains America’s reputation in the world and drains our Treasury.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Critics say the reading list lacks diversity, blurs the separation of church and state that is enshrined in the Constitution and leaves teachers and students with little room to decide what to read.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
  • As the line blurs, sometimes exes remain in your life, and friends might become lovers.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • As the salmon blackens in a skillet, the spices awaken, encrusting the fish in peppery piquant.
    The Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
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“Smuts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smuts. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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