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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Aurangzeb imprisoned his ailing father in 1658 and defeated his brother the year after, before forcibly parading him in chains on a filthy elephant on the streets of Delhi.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025 -
The network has ordered Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service, which will see the celebrity chef go undercover to rescue America’s filthiest restaurants.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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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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Clean and dirty dishes and utensils were reportedly stored in the same place, and some dishes were kept on unclean surfaces.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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The restaurant was issued a yellow placard for keeping food at temperatures outside of the accepted range and unclean food contact surfaces.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
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The Belvedere is one of the old buildings in Queens whose name conjures up a sense of grandiosity in our grubby city lives.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
25 Feb. 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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Jack Clayton’s 1974 adaptation, starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, comes closest to finding the balance, pitting dingy ’70s grays and a naturalistic camera against Redford at his most shiningly charismatic as Gatsby.—
Constance Grady,
Vox,
7 Mar. 2025
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That transition can be rough regardless of the next step on their life’s journey, but a particularly dingy college dorm can take the experience from bad to worse.—
Madeline Fitzgerald,
Quartz,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Smirched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smirched. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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