smirch (n.)
- aspersion
- baton
- black
- blackening
- blackwash
- bloodstain
- blot
- blotch
- blur
- brand
- censure
- charcoal
- cork
- dab
- darkening
- daub
- defile
- denigration
- dinge
- discolor
- disparagement
- eyesore
- fleck
- flick
- flyspeck
- foul
- grime
- imputation
- ink
- macula
- maculation
- macule
- mark
- murk
- onus
- patch
- reflection
- reprimand
- reproach
- scorch
- shade
- shading
- shadow
- singe
- slur
- smear
- smoke
- smooch
- smudge
- smut
- soil
- soilure
- soot
- spatter
- speck
- speckle
- splash
- splatter
- splotch
- spot
- stain
- stigma
- stigmatism
- stigmatization
- sully
- taint
- tarnish
smirch (v.)
- attaint
- bedaub
- begrime
- besmear
- besmirch
- bespatter
- black
- blacken
- blackwash
- blot
- blotch
- blur
- brand
- censure
- charcoal
- cork
- dab
- darken
- daub
- defile
- denigrate
- dinge
- dirty
- discolor
- ebonize
- fleck
- flick
- foul
- grime
- ink
- mark
- melanize
- muckrake
- murk
- patch
- reprimand
- reproach
- revile
- scorch
- sear
- shade
- shadow
- singe
- slur
- smear
- smoke
- smooch
- smudge
- smut
- smutch
- soil
- soot
- spatter
- speck
- speckle
- splash
- splatter
- splotch
- spot
- stain
- stigmatize
- sully
- taint
- tarnish
- vilify
