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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 bombshell discovery in the little red dot spectra was that the colors of hydrogen were smeared out across multiple shades.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Aware of them now, the dog shakes loose the can—his forelock matted, his jowl smeared with beans—and shrinks into the trees with a whimper that makes something tighten in Molly’s own chest.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of smeared
Verb
  • The blaze blackened about 25 acres near the Getty Center before firefighters got the upper hand on it.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Venus ascendant, sky blackened with the new moon, and acool breeze soothed you.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of blackened
Verb
  • Roma took one last lights-and-sirens ride with Keith that day, clutching his son’s red helmet, now soiled by debris.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Well-loved and used items that are broken, damaged beyond repair, unsafe, or heavily stained or soiled should be thrown out.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of soiled
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  • Inglessis applies liner near the lash line—easily smudged for a day-to-night look—while Baker, a huge mascara advocate, considers a single coat (if that) all that’s necessary.
    — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The Bobbi Brown side had faded less and hadn’t smudged as much beneath my lower lash line, which is usually the first area to start running.
    — Beth Sobol, Flow Space, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of smudged
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  • Our state has thousands of sites already polluted with toxic chemicals and other pollutants, and those projects affect air quality, safe drinking water and community health for millions of Californians.
    — Shannon Olivieri Hovis, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Greenpeace Germany warned that oil has already polluted stretches of coastline and damaged the area's fragile ecosystem.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of polluted
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  • The line between legitimate leak prevention and the surveillance or sidelining of critical press coverage has grown increasingly blurred.
    — Brian O'Neill, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Still recovering from knee surgery, Phillips held binoculars in one hand, peering down from a booth so high jersey numbers blurred into guesswork.
    — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of blurred
Verb
  • Shortly after Palace’s next match had finished, a defeat by Everton on the opening weekend of the new season, his reputation among the supporters had been sullied again.
    — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Such shenanigans are more or less expected, and certainly haven’t forever sullied the American soccer fan base, at least here at home.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
Definition of sullied
Verb
  • Grand jury proceedings are kept confidential to allow people to testify freely without worrying about consequences and so that the subjects of an investigation are not unfairly tainted before the jury can decide whether to file charges against them.
    — Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The judge also rejected Smart's arguments that the verdict was tainted by media attention and by faulty jury instructions.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of tainted
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