SMUTTING Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

smutting

verb

present participle of smut

as in smearing

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At the entrance of Kollparay, Quispe pauses, taking my hands and smearing them with soil—the soil of her village.

— Paola Miglio, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 June 2026
This will lead to smearing dust particles around instead of picking them up, which is where a wet cloth comes into play.

— Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 5 June 2026

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The solution is to support federal and state legislation that encourages lower-cost, less-polluting renewable energy to speed up the transition away from environmentally damaging fossil fuels.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
Plastics degrade into microplastics, which in humans have been linked to cancer, reproductive problems, and other health issues, and which are polluting ecosystems from coral reefs to Antarctica.

— Veronique Greenwood, Time, 26 June 2026

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With the help of your Instant Pot, spaghetti and meatballs come together in under an hour without dirtying multiple dishes.

— Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2026
Keep them in reserve as a sleep sock to ward off icy toes and prevent sweat and skin oils from dirtying your down sleeping bag.

— Adam Roy, Outside, 28 Dec. 2025

Definition of dirtying

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In her response, Hajdini cast Rana as manipulative and deceitful, intent on ruining her life and besmirching her employer through his sensational accusations.

— David Chiu, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
Kelly believes a book like this hasn’t been written before because people weren’t ready to hear the truth – as though acknowledging these famous people’s complete life experiences would be besmirching their legacies.

— Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026

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And Hanceville’s fate is as murky as the fog that pours in at night, blotting out buildings and blackening the road ahead.

— Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
These tungsten atoms would then condense on the slightly cooler inside of the glass bulb, blackening it and dimming the light over time.

— Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026

Definition of blackening

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Waves act like moving lenses, warping light and blurring underwater objects.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
These makers are much more reticent about the risks of blurring the once fine line between browsing sites and asking a large language model a question or instructing it to take potentially sensitive actions.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026

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