smutted

past tense of smut

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for smutted
Verb
  • Laptop screens get spattered, smeared, dusty, and dirty from frequent use.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Jason’s windshield was smeared, and the late-afternoon sunlight came through hazily.
    Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Currently, according to Applebee's website, menu items include bourbon street chicken and shrimp, hot honey glazed chicken and blackened Cajun salmon.
    Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Video of the aftermath showed only debris from the collision and the ground blackened as though from a large explosion or fire.
    David Chiu, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The former president had probably dreamt of the moment of her upcoming detention before, imagining crowds of frenzied supporters standing between her and the police , unwilling to allow their leader to be soiled by the dirty hands of the crooked security forces.
    Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Watching Burrow run around like he was being attacked by bees in the backfield might have left more than a few pairs of underwear soiled in the Greater Cincinnati area.
    Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The tequila daisy cocktail, served in a clay cantarito cup smudged with sumac salt, is piquant with ancho verde, mellowed with summer strawberry.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Jenna Ortega’s eyes are lightly smudged, framed by dark shadows.
    Ella Alexander, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Other public speakers, like Tabitha Fader, said the reroute would cause irreparable harm if wetlands and rivers were polluted during pipeline construction or in the event of a spill.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The Grand Calumet River and Indiana Harbor Ship Canal — located in East Chicago — were polluted from more than a century of industrial and municipal wastewater discharges, and caused multiple grassroots organizations to advocate for cleanup measures along the river.
    Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Usually, Meghan has posted photos of their children with their faces blurred out, or in poses where their face is unseen.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Ratti’s brand of optimism has always blurred the line between big data and surveillance, and, as a robotics pioneer, he’s also long gravitated toward the post-human, the dream of a world made and managed by machines.
    Kate Wagner, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • For the most part, this is about strained resources, not sullied reputations.
    Emma Whitford, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • That means the air on the Colorado Plateau — when not sullied by the ever-lengthening wildfire season — has become cleaner as the coal industry faded away.
    Jonathan Thompson, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Buggs’ public defender also suggested that Alameda County prosecutors’ case was tainted by that bias.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • That Anniston’s offer is tainted is a given; that Charles is making a deal with a very bad man is obvious.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Smutted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smutted. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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