Noun
1. vilification
2. malignment, defamation, calumny, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job, cytologic smear
3. cytosmear, cytologic specimen, smudge
4. spot, blot, daub, smirch, slur, blemish, defect, mar, blot
Verb
1. smirch, spot, stain, mistake, error, fault, dirty
2. soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire, blur
3. smudge, smutch, rub, daub
4. cover, defame
5. slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, sully, besmirch, charge, accuse
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