smeared Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
    smear.
  2. verb make a smudge on; soil by smudging
    smear; smutch; smudge; blur.
  3. verb cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
    daub; smear.
    • smear the wall with paint
    • daub the ceiling with plaster
  4. verb charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
    sully; smirch; smear; defame; asperse; slander; denigrate; calumniate; besmirch.
    • The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation

WordNet


Smeared adjective
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Having the color mark ings ill defined, as if rubbed; as, the smeared dagger moth (Apatela oblinita).

Webster 1913