· slanderous defamation

Synonym(s): vilification, malignment

Hypernym(s): defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet_job

· a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

Synonym(s): cytologic_smear, cytosmear

Hypernym(s): cytologic_specimen

· a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"

Synonym(s): smudge, spot, blot, daub, smirch, slur

Hypernym(s): blemish, defect, mar

· an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook"

Synonym(s): blot, smirch, spot, stain

Hypernym(s): mistake, error, fault

· stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

Hypernym(s): dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire

· make a smudge on; soil by smudging

Synonym(s): blur, smudge, smutch

Hypernym(s): rub

· cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster"

Synonym(s): daub

Hypernym(s): cover

· 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"

Synonym(s): defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, sully, besmirch

Hypernym(s): charge, accuse