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manchar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • besmirch verb To make dirty.
  • blemish noun A small mark or flaw that spoils an otherwise clean or attractive surface.
  • blot noun A spot or stain, especially of ink or a similar substance.
  • blur verb To make something unclear, hazy, or difficult to make out.
  • daub noun Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
  • dirty adj Unclean or covered in dirt, grime, or other unpleasant matter.
  • imbue verb To fill someone or something with a quality, feeling or idea so that it spreads through the whole of it.
  • smear verb To spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface, often messily.
  • stain noun A discoloured mark left by a substance that soaks into a surface.
  • sully verb To damage or spoil someone's reputation or something's purity.

Senses

manchar is used for these senses in English:

  • besmirch (transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.
  • blemish (transitive) To spoil the appearance of.
  • blot (transitive) To cause a blot (on something) by spilling a coloured substance.
  • blur To smear, stain or smudge.
  • daub (intransitive, transitive) To apply (something) to a surface in hasty or crude strokes.
  • dirty (transitive) To stain or tarnish (somebody) with dishonor.
  • imbue (transitive) To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.
  • smear (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.

besmirch — full definition

  1. verb To make dirty.
  2. verb To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.

blemish — full definition

  1. noun A small mark or flaw that spoils an otherwise clean or attractive surface.
  2. verb To spoil the appearance or reputation of something.

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