smutted

past tense of smut

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for smutted
Verb
  • Shohreh Dupuis left her job as city manager of Laguna Beach two years ago, in the wake of a squabble with a city council member, a threat of a harassment lawsuit, and an inquiry into into how her house came to be smeared with feces.
    Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Laptop screens get spattered, smeared, dusty, and dirty from frequent use.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Both of her eyes were blackened.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The bronze had blackened and grown florid with green and white spots.
    Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The inspector observed three doors ceiling tiles in the bathroom soiled, as well as water leaking through the ceiling by the kitchen area.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Stain-free bedding can go into the dryer, while soiled bedding can be treated and washed again.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On the Blumarine spring 2026 runway in Milan on Friday, models tapped into their inner bohemian-fairy party girl personas with charcoal eyeliner smudged around their eyes, faded hues on their lips and tired waves in their hair.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The photo, shared to the r/Weird community, shows two distinct sets of small prints, eerily human-like, with long fingers, smudged onto a black shelf beneath rows of art and history books.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, women in cobalt-mining regions have reported reproductive-health concerns such as miscarriages and birth defects; cobalt mining has also polluted croplands.
    Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Directed by series veteran David Silverman, the movie’s plot saw Springfield being confined under a massive glass dome after Homer accidentally polluted the town’s lake.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For a president whose foreign policy has often blurred into personal business, the coincidence is too rich to ignore.
    Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • When Swift’s website finally unveiled the project (with its cover art blurred at the time), the color scheme proved to be a blend of glittery orange and mint green.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But that historical moment was sullied when journalist Sarah Hagi posted screenshots of old X posts from Gascón, which contained racist and Islamophobic sentiments.
    James Factora, Them., 16 Sep. 2025
  • For the most part, this is about strained resources, not sullied reputations.
    Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • King Charles’ brother, Prince Andrew, has been tainted by his own friendship with Epstein.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Just as social media makes legacy media apparatus look sluggish by comparison, prediction markets expose traditional polls and surveys for being tainted by bias (see the 2016 Clinton fiasco).
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Smutted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smutted. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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