Smutch
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /smʌt͡ʃ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Smutch is a verb meaning To soil, stain or smudge.
Meaning
To soil, stain or smudge.
More Meanings
- A stain, smudge or blot.
Example Sentences
Why, that’s my bawcock. What, hast smutch’d thy nose? They say it is a copy out of mine.
And then in came a wee girl of seven, with dirty face and pure blue eyes and a smutched and insufficient dress.
Strether felt his character receive, for the instant, a smutch from all the wrong things he had suspected or believed.
I could favour you with sundry touches Of the paint-smutches with which the Duchess Heightened the mellowness of her cheek’s yellowness
Word Forms
- smutches
- smutching
- smutched
Synonyms for smutch
Depending on context, synonyms include befoul, sully, tarnish, assoil, beclart, bedaub.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include smudge, smear, blur, smouch, smut, smutty.
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Sources & Attribution
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