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Meanings of smear in English

Portuguese
mancha
Catalan
màcula
Spanish
manchón

A blemish made by dirt.

      mancha
      Spanish
      calumnia

      Slanderous defamation.

            calumnia
            Portuguese
            denegrir
            Catalan
            denigrar

            Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.

                denegrir
                Catalan
                tacar
                Spanish
                ensuciar

                Make a smudge on; soil by smudging.

                      tacar
                      Usage of smear in English
                      1
                      Now Donald Trump and the far right are trying to smear him.
                      News.com.au
                      2
                      The blood of the pauper shall smear the couch of the indolent.
                      Wise or Otherwise
                      3
                      It is of course wrong not to smear the blame around evenly.
                      The Guardian
                      4
                      But in the case of his latest smear campaign, the reaction is.
                      The Guardian
                      5
                      All subjects completed TB treatment and were smear negative at treatment completion.
                      Pubmed
                      6
                      This is the perspective from which one must view the smear attempts.
                      The Irish Times
                      7
                      She responded to those claims by saying it's just a smear campaign.
                      The South African
                      8
                      Trump denied the allegations, saying they were part of a smear campaign.
                      Reuters
                      9
                      It took less than an hour for the smear attacks to begin.
                      The Irish Times
                      10
                      A token smear of water bubbles on the floor by our feet.
                      The Irish Times
                      11
                      Labour claims the Tories are orchestrating a smear campaign against its conclusions.
                      The Irish Times
                      12
                      Her story goes to the heart of the Republic's cervical smear scandal.
                      BBC
                      13
                      Clinton and her staff have dismissed this accusation as a political smear.
                      Reuters
                      14
                      Paragonimiasis should also be considered in patients assessed with smear-negative pulmonary TB.
                      Pubmed
                      15
                      Buccal smear analysis is a noninvasive, fast, and relatively inexpensive diagnostic method.
                      Pubmed
                      16
                      A repeat Pap smear, HPV test, and colposcopically directed biopsies were obtained.
                      Pubmed
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                      Translations for smear
                      Smear through the time
                      Smear across language varieties
                      Ireland
                      Common
                      United States of America
                      Common
                      New Zealand
                      Common
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