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51shame — n 1. disgrace, dishonor, reproach, degradation, illrepute, bad repute, scandal; baseness, turpitude, debasement, vitiation, ingloriousness; ignominy, infamy, odium, opprobrium, condemnation; slur, imputation, aspersion, defamation, denigration,… …
52slander — n 1. defamation, denigration, vilification, vituperation; scandal, Inf. skeleton in the closet; censure, reproach, denunciation, curse, malediction, railing, invective, commination, Archaic. exprobration; shame, disgrace, dishonor, ill repute,… …
53smudge — n 1. dirty mark, smut, smear, smutch, blur, streak; stain, blot, taint, blemish, spot, smirch, blotch, splotch. v 2. smear, blur, streak, smutch, smut; dirty, sully, soil, stain, spot, smirch, discolor, blacken; begrime, besmear, besmirch, defile …
54splotch — n 1. blotch, patch, blob, glob, splash; spot, blot, ink stain, stain, soil, mark, dirty spot, smudge, smutch, smear, smirch. v 2. splash, splatter, spatter, bespatter, splutter; blotch, spot, blot, stain, soil, sully, dirty; mark, smudge, smutch …
55spot — n 1. mark, dot, point, speck, speckle, fleck, flyspeck, mote, moit, particle; dab, daub, maculation, smudge, smirch, smutch, blur; defect, fault, defacement, disfigurement; patch, blotch, splotch, dapple, mottle, discoloration, birthmark, nevus;… …
56stain — n 1. discoloration, spot, speck, mark, macu lation, dot; patch, blotch, splotch, daub; smudge, smutch, smut, smirch, smear, blur; soil, dirt; flaw, imperfection, defacement, disfigurement, fault, defect. 2. blemish, taint, attaint, blot, blot on… …
57taint — n 1. trace, touch, suggestion, drop, bit, dab, spot, speck, fleck, dot; stain, discoloration, blemish, maculation, scar, Med. cicatrix, pit, pock, pock mark; flaw, imperfection, defacement, disfigurement, fault, defect; blotch, patch, splotch;… …
58tarnish — v 1. dull, discolor, oxidize, rust; dim, mat, fade, erode, corrode, blur; tinge, wash out, decolorize, achromatize, etiolate, blanch, blench. 2. stain, sully, dirty, soil, blemish, taint; spot, maculate, streak, smudge, smirch, besmirch, begrime; …
59BE — BE; Be; be·ant; be·aproned; be·a·ta; be·a·tif·ic; be·a·tif·i·cate; be·at·i·fi·ca·tion; be·at·i·fy; be·at·i·tude; be·a·tus; be·bee·rine; be·bee·ru; be·bi·za·tion; be·bop; be·bop·per; be·bouldered; be·bung; be·call; be·calm; be·card; be·casse;… …
60besmirch — be•smirch [[t]bɪˈsmɜrtʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to soil; sully 2) to detract from the honor or luster of • Etymology: 1590–1600 be•smirch′er, n …
