The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SMEAR which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2022.
Drag through the mud crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SMEAR | 45 % | 5 |
| BEMIRE | 18 % | 6 |
| DEFAME | 9 % | 6 |
| DISCREDIT | 5 % | 9 |
| TRADUCE | 5 % | 7 |
| LIBEL | 5 % | 5 |
| ASPERSE | 5 % | 7 |
| SLUR | 5 % | 4 |
| MALIGN | 5 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Drag through the mud
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- malign
- badmouth
- traduce
- dirty
- besmirch
- muddy
- draggle
- slime
- foul
- drag down
- tarnish
- smear
Crossword Answer definitions
SMEAR noun- A mark made by smearing.
- Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
- A Pap smear.
- A false attack.
- A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
- A rough glissando in jazz music.
- 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 SMEAR
- Vilify during a campaign
- Libel
- Mess up the makeup
- Bad mouth
- Talk shit about
- ___ campaign
- Tarnish
- Apply Vaseline
- Besmirch
- Blurry mess
More clues leading to the result BEMIRE
- Cause to bog down
- Make muddy
- Soil
- Muddy
- Drag through the mud
- Drag through the mud.
- Fix in the mud.
- Stick in the mud.
- Bog down.
- Cover with mud.
More clues leading to the result DEFAME
- Do a hatchet job
- Libel or slander
- Vilify
- Malign
- Discredit
- Slander
- Do some mudslinging
- Accuse falsely
- Sling mud at
- Backbite
More clues leading to the result DISCREDIT
- Show to be untrustworthy
- Cast doubt on
- Defame
- Prove false
- Doubt.
- Cast doubt on.
- Refuse to believe
- Disgrace
- Drag through the mud
- Impugn
More clues leading to the result TRADUCE
More clues leading to the result LIBEL
- Defame in print
- Defame in writing
- Type of suit
- Material for a then-record £8,000 Liberace suit in 1959
- Absence of Malice topic
- Smear in ink
- Smear in print
- Defamation
- Calumny's kin
- What Wilde sued the marquess of Queensberry for
More clues leading to the result ASPERSE
- Spread false charges against
- Spread slander
- Cast slander at
- Denigrate
- Denigrate through insinuation
- Slander
- Bad-mouth
- Sully
- Baptize
- Malign
More clues leading to the result SLUR
- Aspersion
- Pronounce indistinctly
- Disparage
- Calumny
- Bad-mouth
- Cast aspersions on
- Insulting words
- N-bomb, e.g.
- Sound like you've had a few too many
- Speak indistinctly