as in stained
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as in blackened
to make dirty
their clothes were smirched by dust from the trail
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as in humiliated
to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes
this scandal will forever smirch the name of a once-great family
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smirched
Adjective
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At least 12 outside experts submitted testimony in what’s called the Dunsmore case, finding that San Diego jails are filthy and that workers regularly fail to follow best practices or department policies.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2025 -
Created in 2019 by Eastbound & Down's Danny McBride, the filthy HBO comedy centers around a family of corrupt, fast-talking televangelists led by John Goodman's aging and regretful Eli Gemstone.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
5 May 2025
Verb
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Some former generals involved in martial law decades ago had ended up in prison and been publicly disgraced.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2025
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That until such monsters and secret policemen and fantasists of apartheid, are as abandoned and disgraced as the National Socialists, there will be war.—
Maelle Beauget-Uhl,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Several drivers were noted for racing in an unclean manner, which prompted NASCAR to address them.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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An employee didn’t wash his hands after handling unclean equipment and then handling food.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But maybe that’s the ultimate victory: By the end, Cruise and McQuarrie manage to wrestle back their magnum opus from the grubby little cyberpaws of the Lord of Lies.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
14 May 2025
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But watching a group of roughnecks on a rig in grubby overalls moving huge, long steel pipes, Dugan's smile begins to fade to a smirk.—
Kirk Siegler,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The shelter also posted a video of Kaylee with her orange-and-black spotted head pressed against the wall, not interacting with anything.—
TJ Macias,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2025
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The study, published Wednesday, found that the rig shark -- also known as the spotted estuary smoothhound -- produces clicking sounds when handled, according to the study.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The smart robot also senses when the mop is getting dingy and goes back to the station to clean it.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
19 May 2025
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The police moved out of their dingy quarters, which were on the east end of the town hall.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
18 May 2025
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“Smirched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smirched. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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