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Originally Posted by W*GS
Nope. "Smear" means an unjustified connection, with one side being related in some way to the other.
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Nah, here's what smear means...
anoint, apply paint, asperse, aspersion, attack, attaint,
badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, beat, bedaub, bedizen,
beeswax, befoul, begild, begrime, bend sinister, besmear, besmirch,
besmoke, besmutch, besoil, bespatter, bestain, black, black eye,
black mark, blacken, blackening, blank, bloodstain, blot, blotch,
blow upon, blur, brand, broad arrow, brush on paint, bulldoze,
butter, calcimine, call names, calumniate, calumny, censure,
champain, character assassination, clobber, coat, color,
complexion, cover, cream, dab, darken, daub, deep-dye, defamation,
defamation of character, defame, defeat utterly, defile,
defilement, denigrate, denigration, dip, dirty, disapprove,
discolor, discredit, disparage, disparagement, distemper,
double-dye, dress, drub, dye, emblazon, embrocate, enamel,
engage in personalities, engild, expose, expose to infamy, eyesore,
face, fast-dye, fleck, flick, flyspeck, foil, fresco, frustrate,
gibbet, gild, glaze, gloss, glycerolate, grain, grease,
grease the wheels, hang in effigy, heap dirt upon, hue, illuminate,
imbue, imputation, ingrain, japan, lacquer, lambaste, lard, lay on,
lay on color, libel, lick, lubricate, macula, maculation, macule,
malicious defamation, mark, mark of Cain, muckrake, muckraking,
mudslinging, name-calling, oil, onus, overbear, overlay,
overspread, overwhelm, paint, parget, paste, patch, pigment,
pillory, pillorying, plaster, point champain, pomade, prime,
reflection, reprimand, reproach, repulse, revile, revilement, rub,
salve, scandal, scandalize, schmear, scorch, sear, shade, shadow,
shellac, shut out, singe, skunk, slander, slap on, slather, slick,
slick on, slop on paint, slubber, slur, smear campaign, smear on,
smear word, smirch, smoke, smooth the way, smother, smouch, smudge,
smut, smutch, snow under, soap the ways, soil, soilage, soilure,
spatter, speck, speckle, splash, splatter, splotch, spot, spread,
spread on, spread with, stain, steamroller, stigma, stigmatism,
stigmatization, stigmatize, stipple, sully, taint, tar, tarnish,
thrash, throw mud at, tinct, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, trim,
undercoat, unguent, varnish, vilification, vilify, wash, wax,