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  • 41sully — Synonyms and related words: abuse, attaint, bedaub, befoul, benasty, besmear, besmirch, besmutch, besoil, bespatter, betray, black, blacken, blemish, blot, blow upon, brand, call names, censure, contaminate, corrupt, daub, debauch, deceive,… …

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  • 42taint — Synonyms and related words: abuse, adulterate, aerial infection, afflict, aggrieve, airborne infection, alloy, aroma, aspersion, attaint, attribute, badge, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bedaub, befoul, benasty, bend sinister, besmear,… …

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  • 43tarnish — Synonyms and related words: achromatize, asperse, aspersion, attaint, badge of infamy, bar sinister, baton, bedaub, befoul, begrime, benasty, bend sinister, besmear, besmirch, besmoke, besoil, bespatter, bestain, black eye, black mark, blacken,… …

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  • 44smooch — [smu:tʃ] v [I + with] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: smouch to kiss (16 19 centuries)] informal if two people smooch, they kiss and hold each other in a romantic way, especially while dancing …

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  • 45schmauchen — Vsw stark rauchen per. Wortschatz arch. (17. Jh.), fnhd. schmauchen, mndd. smoken, mndl. smoken Stammwort. Faktitivum zu Schmauch Rauch , mhd. smouch, mndd. smōk, ae. smīc (oder duratives Verb); Kausativum zum starken Verb ist fnhd. schmäuchen,… …

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  • 46Schmauch — Selon Bahlow (Deutsches Namenlexikon), correspond au moyen haut allemand smouch (= fumée), avec un sens qui reste à préciser …

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  • 47smoke — {{11}}smoke (n.1) late O.E. smoca, related to smeocan give off smoke, from P.Gmc. *smeukanan (Cf. M.Du. smooc, Du. smook, M.H.G. smouch, Ger. Schmauch), from PIE root *smeug(h) to smoke (Cf. Arm. mux smoke, Gk …

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  • 48smooch — 1932 (v.); 1942 (n.), alteration of dialectal verb smouch (1570s), possibly imitative of the sound of kissing (Cf. German dialectal schmutzen to kiss ). Related: Smooched; smooching …

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  • 49smooch — informal verb kiss and cuddle amorously. ↘Brit. dance slowly in a close embrace. noun a period of smooching. Derivatives smoocher noun smoochy adjective (smoochier, smoochiest). Origin 1930s: from dialect smouch, of imitative origin …

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  • 50smoodge — (also smooge) Austral./NZ informal verb 1》 behave amorously. 2》 behave in an ingratiating manner. noun 1》 a display of amorous affection. 2》 an act or instance of being ingratiating. Derivatives smoodger noun Origin early 20th cent.: prob. an alt …

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