smear

[1]	daub , rub , anoint , spread , cover , coat , wipe , plaster , bedaub , besmirch , dirty , smudge , stain , soil , begrime
[2]	blacken , besmirch , soil , sully , calumniate , slander , discredit , tarnish , defile , vilify , scandalize , stigmatize , (Colloq) drag through the mud
[3]	blur , smudge , smutch
[4]	daub
[5]	defame , slander , smirch , asperse , denigrate , calumniate , sully , besmirch

[1]	vilification , malignment
[2]	cytologic smear , cytosmear
[3]	smudge , smudge , daub , spot , blot , stain , splodge/(Mainly US) splotch , daub , smirch , blot , taint , slur , spot
[4]	slander , blot , smirch , scandal , libel , spot , stain , vilification , mud-slinging , defamation , calumny , aspersion , reflection