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121defile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. dirty, [befoul, tarnish, blacken; corrupt, debauch, contaminate; dishonor, debase, sully, drag in the dust, give a bad name. See uncleanness, impurity, disrepute. n. ravine, gorge, passage. See… …
122smear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. [be]daub, besmirch, smudge; grease, anoint, defame; slander; soil, sully. See covering. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. distortion, slander, put up job*; see deception 1 , lie 1 , trick 1 . v. 1. [To… …
123soil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. loam, earth, sod, topsoil, dirt, mold, ground; stain, blotch, smudge, smear, filth. v. t. besmear, dirty, daub, stain; defile, sully. See land, region, uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dirt, loam …
124stain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. color, dye, dyestuff; discoloration; blotch, blot, smear, smudge; blemish, tarnish; stigma, taint, brand. See uncleanness, disrepute. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. blot, smirch, blemish, spot, mottle,… …
125sully — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. soil, stain, tarnish, smear; defile, dishonor, blemish, stigmatize. See uncleanness, disrepute. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To soil] Syn. blot, stain, spot; see dirty . 2. [To defame] Syn. shame, debase,… …
126smirch — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A smudge] Syn. spot, blotch, smear; see blemish , stain . 2. [Dishonor] Syn. stigma, slur, blemish; see disgrace 1 , 2 , scandal . v. 1. [To soil] Syn. smudge, discolor, smear; see dirty . 2. [To degrade] Syn. sully,… …
127splotch — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. smudge, spot, blot; see blemish , stain . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. spot, stain, blob, mark, splash, smudge. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun A discolored mark made by smearing: blot, blotch, daub, smear, smirch,… …
128befoul — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To make dirty: begrime, besmirch, besoil, black, blacken, defile, dirty, smudge, smutch, soil, sully. See CLEAN. 2. To contaminate the reputation of: besmear, besmirch, bespatter, blacken, cloud, denigrate, dirty,… …
