Smutch

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  • transitive verb. To soil or stain.
  • noun. A stain or spot of dirt.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To blacken with smoke, soot, or the like; smudge.
  • noun. A black spot; a black stain; a smudge.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A stain; a dirty spot.
  • transitive verb. To blacken with smoke, soot, or coal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To soil, stain or smudge
  • noun. A stain, smudge or blot
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make a smudge on; soil by smudging
  • Word Usage
    "Strether felt HIS character receive for the instant a smutch from all the wrong things he had suspected or believed."
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rub  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    dust  resmudge  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    smear  stain  
    variant
    smooch  
    verb-form