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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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Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
New Zealand
Common
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