smutted

verb

past tense of smut
as in smeared

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smutted
  1. smeared
  2. blackened
  3. soiled
  4. smudged
  5. polluted
  6. blurred
  7. sullied
  8. tainted
Verb
  • The restaurant sources its birotes from Duran’s to make the open-face, bean and cheese-smeared breakfast sandwiches popular throughout Mexico.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • By the end of the debate, about 150 men dressed in Indigenous costumes, their faces smeared with soot, stormed to a nearby wharf and dumped a literal boatload of tea into the water.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 26 June 2026
Definition of smeared
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  • The kernels should develop dark golden spots without becoming overly blackened.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • One of the daily specials, a creamy risotto accented with a bold red pepper puree and blackened shrimp, caught my eye and satisfied my cravings for something comforting.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026
Definition of blackened
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  • Sacramento argued in court that most of her items were soiled and therefore garbage.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
  • The establishment remained closed after a reinspection, during which health inspectors observed unresolved violations including food stored at unsafe temperatures, multiple flies in the kitchen, soiled flooring under cooking equipment among others.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 June 2026
Definition of soiled
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  • Loose waves and smudged eye makeup, sharpened with pink at the inner corners, kept the effect closer to one of her stage looks.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 July 2026
  • The school's statement said the receipt supporting the claim of the fake cigars had the time and date smudged out.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
Definition of smudged
Verb
  • But stars aren’t the only things that fail to show up when the sky is polluted with light; fireflies, those flashing, nostalgic symbols of summer, often skip the party too.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
  • Midland, Texas, is still cleaning up groundwater polluted by a leaking injection well more than two decades ago.
    — Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
Definition of polluted
Verb
  • As the model grew, the lines between genuine recommendation and paid promotion blurred, and audiences noticed.
    — Sophie Attwood, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Today, however, algorithmic feeds have increasingly blurred the boundaries between tween and adult style.
    — Sophie Lou Wilson, Vogue, 2 July 2026
Definition of blurred
Verb
  • Soap invited its viewers to take jabs at the genre in a time when the soap opera’s reputation had already been sullied in the American mind.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • He was accused of abusing boys, a charge that went unproven but sullied his reputation in Europe.
    — Amanda Rosa Updated April 28, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of sullied
Verb
  • That experience is quickly tainted, however, once dullness and yellowing set into the fabrics.
    — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
  • Murdaugh’s attorneys appealed the convictions, saying the trial was tainted by the county clerk Becky Hill’s inappropriate comments to jurors implying his guilt.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 29 June 2026
Definition of tainted
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“Smutted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smutted. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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