Word of the day: Smudge

Smudge: mancha, marca de sujeira, borrão, fogo com muita fumaça (para espantar insetos ou contra geada),sujar, manchar, borrar, ficar sujo ou manchado

Synonyms: befoul, begrime, bemire, besmirch, blacken, daub, grime, mire, muck, muddy, smirch, dirty, soil, stain, sully

“Don't smudge the picture with your dirty hands!”

“His face was smudged with grease.” (www.merriam-wbster.com)

Word of the day: Slander

Slander: difamação, calúnia, ato de espalhar notícias falsas, caluniar, maldizer, difamar

Synonyms: asperse, blacken, calumniate, defame, libel, malign, smear, traduce, vilify, aspersing, blackening, calumniation, calumny, character assassination, defamation, defaming, libel, , smearing, traducing, vilification, vilifying

“She was accused of slandering her former boss.”

“ For some reason, that newspaper seems determined to slander one particular celebrity.” (www.merriam-webster.com)

Word of the day: Smear

Smear: sujeira, mancha, ataque malicioso, cobrir, lambuzar, manchar com graxa ou gordura, untar, engraxar, pintar, sujar, sujar-se, manchar-se, prejudicar, estragar,  ofender, engraxar, subornar

Synonyms: anoint, bedaub, besmear, daub, asperse, blacken, calumniate, defame, libel, malign, smear, traduce, vilify

“…they smeared paint on the walkways and chained a lamb to a light pole.”

( USA TODAY /June 19, 2012)