The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SMEARS , but the solution may also be SLANDERS which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in New York Times).
Defames crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SMEARS | 36 % | 6 |
| SLANDERS | 24 % | 8 |
| LIBELS | 16 % | 6 |
| ASPERSES | 8 % | 8 |
| SLURS | 4 % | 5 |
| TRADUCES | 4 % | 8 |
| BASHES | 4 % | 6 |
| MALIGNS | 4 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Defames
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- denigrate
- calumniate
- slander
- sully
- besmirch
- smirch
- smear
- asperse
- slanders
- maligns
- persecutes
- demeans
Crossword Answer definitions
SMEARS verb- To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- To have a substance smeared on (a surface).
- To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about an individual, their statements, or their actions.
- To become spread by smearing.
- To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result SMEARS
- Microscope-slide samples
- Lopsided victories
- Faulty applications?
- Bad-mouths
- Campaign materials?
- Slanders
- Campaign mud
- Defamations
- Vilifies
- Defames
More clues leading to the result SLANDERS
- Smears
- Casts aspersions on
- Vilifies
- Orally defames
- Calumniates.
- False, malicious tales.
- Speaks ill of.
- Stabs in the back.
- Defames.
- Defames
More clues leading to the result LIBELS
- Speaks ill of
- Smears
- Puts down in writing?
- Puts down in print?
- Risks a lawsuit, in a way
- Abuses freedom of the press, perhaps
- Prints lies about
- Defames in print
- Maligns
- Defames in writing
More clues leading to the result ASPERSES
More clues leading to the result SLURS
- Casts aspersions on
- Speaks indistinctly
- Maligns
- Aspersions
- Fails to enunciate
- Puts down
- Pronounces indistinctly
- Defames
- Utters indistinctly
- Discredits
More clues leading to the result TRADUCES
More clues leading to the result BASHES
- Big blowouts
- Lively parties
- Defames
- Big dos
- Wild parties
- Huge parties
- Big banquets
- Hits hard: Colloq.
- Hits hard: Slang.
- British shindigs