What does smirch mean?
Definitions for smirch
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Princeton's WordNet
smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slurnoun
a blemish made by dirt
"he had a smudge on his cheek"
blot, smear, smirch, spot, stainverb
an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
"he made a huge blot on his copybook"
smirch, besmirchverb
smear so as to make dirty or stained
defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirchverb
charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
"The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
Wiktionary
smirchverb
to make dirty
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Smirchverb
To cloud; to dusk; to soil.
Etymology: from murk or murcky.
I’ll put myself in poor and mean attire,
And with a kind of umber smirch my face. William Shakespeare.Like the shaven Hercules in the smirch worm-eaten tapestry. William Shakespeare.
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smirch
Smirch is a verb that typically refers to making something dirty, discolored, or stained. It can also mean to harm the reputation of someone or something, often through false accusations or rumors. As a noun, it refers to a stain, dirty mark, or something that tarnishes reputation.
Webster Dictionary
Smirchverb
to smear with something which stains, or makes dirty; to smutch; to begrime; to soil; to sully
Smirchnoun
a smutch; a dirty stain
Etymology: [From the root of smear.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Smirch
smirch, v.t. to besmear, dirty: to degrade in fame, dignity, &c.—n. a stain. [A weakened form of smer-k, from M. E. smeren, to smear.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of smirch in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of smirch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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