Smut
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /smʌt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Smut is a noun meaning (uncountable) Soot.
Meaning
(uncountable) Soot.
More Meanings
- (countable) A flake of ash or soot.
- (uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
- (uncountable) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
- (mining) Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
- (countable, slang, archaic) A copper boiler.
- (ambitransitive) To stain (or be stained) with soot or other dirt.
- (phytopathology) Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal crops; the disease so caused.
Example Sentences
it bears a very good Crop , and seldom smuts
He does not stand upon decency […] but will talk smut, though a priest and his mother be in the room.
If the petals of your garden dianthus (pinks) are stained brown, they too are victims of similar smut.
“Do I have a smut on my nose, Mr. Donovan? You've been staring at me for a full minute. It's most disconcerting, you know.”
Word Forms
- smuts
- smutting
- smutted
Synonyms for smut
Depending on context, synonyms include filth, befoul, smutch, smutty, soil, assoil.
Antonyms for smut
Common opposites include hopefully.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lampblack, soot, filth, crap, sludge, junk.
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