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Nouns (1)

smudge

n. a smoky fire to drive away insects

Verbs (4)

smear, blur, smudge, smutch

v. make a smudge on; soil by smudging

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Fuzzynyms (30)

streak

n. a sudden flash (as of lightning)

thunderbolt, bolt, bolt of lightning

n. a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder

blot

v. dry (ink) with blotting paper

streak, blotch, mottle

v. mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire

v. make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

blacken, melanize, melanise, nigrify, black

v. make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened"

tarnish, stain, maculate, sully, defile

v. make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"

flaw, blemish

v. add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

obliterate, efface

v. remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps"

obscure

v. reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa

streak

v. move quickly in a straight line; "The plane streaked across the sky"

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Antonyms (1)

gloss

v. give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing

smudge

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