Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to smirch
Participle: smirched
Gerund: smirching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | smirch |
| you | smirch |
| he;she;it | smirches |
| we | smirch |
| you | smirch |
| they | smirch |
Perfect
| I | have smirched |
| you | have smirched |
| he;she;it | has smirched |
| we | have smirched |
| you | have smirched |
| they | have smirched |
Past
| I | smirched |
| you | smirched |
| he;she;it | smirched |
| we | smirched |
| you | smirched |
| they | smirched |
Pluperfect
| I | had smirched |
| you | had smirched |
| he;she;it | had smirched |
| we | had smirched |
| you | had smirched |
| they | had smirched |
Future
| I | will smirch |
| you | will smirch |
| he;she;it | will smirch |
| we | will smirch |
| you | will smirch |
| they | will smirch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have smirched |
| you | will have smirched |
| he;she;it | will have smirched |
| we | will have smirched |
| you | will have smirched |
| they | will have smirched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | smirch |
| you | smirch |
| he;she;it | smirch |
| we | smirch |
| you | smirch |
| they | smirch |
Perfect
| I | have smirched |
| you | have smirched |
| he;she;it | have smirched |
| we | have smirched |
| you | have smirched |
| they | have smirched |
Imperfect
| I | smirched |
| you | smirched |
| he;she;it | smirched |
| we | smirched |
| you | smirched |
| they | smirched |
Pluperfect
| I | had smirched |
| you | had smirched |
| he;she;it | had smirched |
| we | had smirched |
| you | had smirched |
| they | had smirched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would smirch |
| you | would smirch |
| he;she;it | would smirch |
| we | would smirch |
| you | would smirch |
| they | would smirch |
Perfect
| I | would have smirched |
| you | would have smirched |
| he;she;it | would have smirched |
| we | would have smirched |
| you | would have smirched |
| they | would have smirched |
Imperative
| you | smirch |
| we | Let's smirch |
| you | smirch |
Verbs conjugated like 'smirch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'smirch'
besmirch,
birch,
march,
merch,
mich,
mitch,
scorch,
search,
sinch,
skinch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make dirty
- dirty
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English *smorchen ("to spatter, soil"; attested in besmorchid (“bespattered, soiled all over”)), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a derivative of Middle English smeoren, smuren, smeren (“to smear”) or related to Middle English smotry (“sooty, grimy”). Compare also Middle English bismotered (“bespattered, soiled”), Old French esmorcher (“to torture”), Middle English smoterly, smoterlich (“besmirched”), modern English smut. See: English '
smut'.
Sample Sentences
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CELIA. I'll put myself in poor and mean attire, / And with a kind of umber smirch my face; / The like do you; so shall we pass along, / And never stir assailants. [c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], lines 101–104:]
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Girls thought that by leaping over the fires without being smirched they made sure of a happy marriage. [1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 10, page 108:]