Crossword-Solution: BESMEAR
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Besmear | v. t. | To smear with any viscous, glutinous matter; to bedaub; to soil. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| BESMEAR | anagram | BEAMERS, REBEAMS |
We have 28 clues for the answer “BESMEAR”
| Clue | Answers |
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| besmatter | 1 answer |
| Bedaub; pollute | 1 answer |
| Tarnish or stain | 2 answers |
| SULLY reputation etc. (fig.) | 2 answers |
| Dirty, in a way | 3 answers |
| Besmirch | 20 answers |
| Daub | 33 answers |
| mottle | 35 answers |
| Befoul | 39 answers |
| Sully | 41 answers |
| Becloud | 42 answers |
| Bedaub | 44 answers |
| Begrime. | 46 answers |
| bemire | 47 answers |
| Dab | 48 answers |
| Bedim | 48 answers |
| bespatter | 49 answers |
| Plaster | 49 answers |
| blear | 50 answers |
| discolour | 54 answers |
| make unfit | 57 answers |
| Tarnish | 58 answers |
| streak | 58 answers |
| Soil | 63 answers |
| Blotch | 64 answers |
| Blacken | 65 answers |
| De-file? | 68 answers |
| Coat | 79 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATREE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with BESMEAR (5)
First _Moloch_, horrid King besmear’d with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents tears, Though for the noyse of Drums and Timbrels loud Their childrens cries unheard, that past through fire To his grim Idol.
Things are not congruous and wear strange disguises: the consummate flower is fostered out of dung, and after nourishing itself awhile with heaven’s delicate distillations, decays again into indistinguishable soil; and with Cæsar’s ashes, Hamlet tells us, the urchins make dirt pies and filthily besmear their countenance.
Not marble, nor the gilded monuments Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme; But you shall shine more bright in these contents Than unswept stone besmear’d with sluttish time.
Stoop, Romans, stoop, And let us bathe our hands in Caesar’s blood Up to the elbows, and besmear our swords: Then walk we forth, even to the market-place, And waving our red weapons o’er our heads, Let’s all cry, “Peace, freedom, and liberty!” CASSIUS.
What monstrous ugly hag is this, That dares control the pleasures of our will? Vaunt, churlish cur, besmear’d with gory blood, That seemst to check the blossoms of delight, And stifle the sound of sweet Bellona’s breath; Blush, monster, blush, and post away with shame, That seekest disturbance of a goddess’ deeds.
Quotes with BESMEAR (1)
We have undoubtedly achieved Pakistan, and that too without bloody war, practically peacefully, by moral and intellectual force, and with the power of the pen, which is no less mighty than that of the sword and so our righteous cause has triumphed. Are we now going to besmear and tarnish this greatest achievement for which there is no parallel in the history of the world? Pakistan is now a fait accompli and it can never be undone, besides, it was the only just, honourable, an…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, WSJ.
Used 15 times in crossword archives (1974–2020).