smeared

verb

Definition of smearednext
past tense of smear
1
as in painted
to rub an oily or sticky substance over the toddler gleefully smeared her hair and face with maple syrup

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2
as in libeled
to make untrue and harmful statements about he is willing to smear his opponent if doing so would win the election

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  1. painted
  2. coated
  3. disgraced
  4. anointed
Verb
  • Eventually, Arthur painted his face, started calling himself Joker, and took vengeance on the culture, including by killing a celebrity on air.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The entire room was painted in White Picket Fence by Dunn-Edwards.
    Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of painted
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  • An open-pit vermiculite mine, which operated from 1963 to 1990, coated the area — and residents’ lungs — with needle-like asbestos fibers.
    Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Key components, including the escapement wheel and anchor, are coated in DiamonSil, a combination of silicon and synthetic diamond that improves durability and precision.
    Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of coated
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  • Many familiar newsmen were pushed out of their jobs and disgraced for behaving badly — Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, Mark Halperin, Bill O’Reilly, Roger Ailes and so on.
    Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • For this band of once-precocious kids now slipping into middle-age, disgraced ’80s art queen Mary Boone evokes the tarnished dreams of Manhattan transplants and a bag dropped onto the train track must be let go no matter what.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of disgraced
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  • As a woman originally from the South, North Carolina to be exact, this brand will be a legacy-builder for Christie to influence more than just her peers and the publications and brands that have anointed her as a pivotal voice to pay attention to.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Toni Morrison anointed him heir to James Baldwin.
    Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of anointed
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