Definitions for smirch

Overview of noun smirch

The noun smirch has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur

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

2. blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain

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

Overview of verb smirch

The verb smirch has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. smirch, besmirch

(smear so as to make dirty or stained)

2. defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch

(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")