| besmear | | |
| v. (contact) | 1. bedaub, besmear | spread or daub (a surface). |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
| besmirch | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully | 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" |
| ~ accuse, charge | blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against.; "he charged the director with indifference" |
| ~ assassinate | destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation.; "He assassinated his enemy's character" |
| ~ libel | print slanderous statements against.; "The newspaper was accused of libeling him" |
| ~ badmouth, drag through the mud, malign, traduce | speak unfavorably about.; "She badmouths her husband everywhere" |
| v. (contact) | 2. besmirch, smirch | smear so as to make dirty or stained. |
| ~ smear | stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance. |
| daub | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. daub | material used to daub walls. |
| ~ clay | a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot | a blemish made by dirt.; "he had a smudge on his cheek" |
| ~ blemish, mar, defect | a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body).; "a facial blemish" |
| ~ blotch, splodge, splotch | an irregularly shaped spot. |
| ~ fingermark, fingerprint | a smudge made by a (dirty) finger. |
| ~ inkblot | a blot made with ink. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. daub | an unskillful painting. |
| ~ painting, picture | graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface.; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre" |
| v. (contact) | 4. daub, plaster | coat with plaster.; "daub the wall" |
| ~ masonry | the craft of a mason. |
| ~ coat, surface | put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface.; "coat the cake with chocolate" |
| ~ daub | apply to a surface.; "daub paint onto the wall" |
| ~ render-set | cover with two coats of plaster.; "render-set the walls so they'll look nice and smooth" |
| ~ parget | apply ornamental plaster to. |
| ~ roughcast | apply roughcast to.; "roughcast a wall" |
| ~ mud | plaster with mud. |
| ~ mortar | plaster with mortar.; "mortar the wall" |
| v. (contact) | 5. daub | apply to a surface.; "daub paint onto the wall" |
| ~ daub, smear | cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it.; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" |
| ~ daub, plaster | coat with plaster.; "daub the wall" |
| ~ apply, put on | apply to a surface.; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!" |
| v. (contact) | 6. daub, smear | cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it.; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" |
| ~ blood | smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill. |
| ~ daub | apply to a surface.; "daub paint onto the wall" |
| ~ cover | provide with a covering or cause to be covered.; "cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers" |
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