smearer
One who defames
A smearer is someone who smears, whether literally spreading a substance across a surface or figuratively damaging another person's reputation through false or malicious statements.
The figurative sense is more common: The candidate dismissed his opponent as a smearer with no regard for the truth.
Political campaigns and public controversies often produce accusations of smearers at work.
One who publishes defamation
- slandererOne who defames
- mudslingerOne who spreads slurs
- backbiterOne who maligns absent people
- vilifierOne who disparages
denigrator · scandalmonger · calumniator · traducer · rumormonger · gossip · talebearer · disparager
Tool for distribution
- applicatorTool for applying substances
- painterOne who applies pigment
- plastererWall-coating tradesperson
- dauberCareless applier of paint
brush · roller · spatula · trowel · butter knife · palette knife · putty knife · squeegee
One who marks surfaces
- taggerOne who labels things
- defacerOne who damages surfaces
- scrawlerSloppy handwriting person
- scribblerInferior or careless writer
spray painter · desecrator · hooligan · delinquent · miscreant · public nuisance
One who dirties environments
- foulerMore offensive to senses
- spreaderTool for distribution
- adulteratorOne who corrupts purity
- corrupterOne who morally taints
libeler
One who publishes defamation
- slandererOne who defames
- mudslingerOne who spreads slurs
- backbiterOne who maligns absent people
vilifier · denigrator · scandalmonger · calumniator · traducer · rumormonger · gossip · talebearer · disparager · falsifier
spreader
Tool for distribution
- applicatorTool for applying substances
- painterOne who applies pigment
- plastererWall-coating tradesperson
dauber · brush · roller · spatula · trowel · butter knife · palette knife · putty knife · squeegee
graffitist
One who marks surfaces
scribbler · spray painter · desecrator · hooligan · delinquent · miscreant · public nuisance
polluter
One who dirties environments
- foulerMore offensive to senses
- spreaderTool for distribution
- adulteratorOne who corrupts purity
- defamersdefamer, slanderer, libeler, calumniator, maligner
- criticscritic, critics, criticizer, criticizers, faultfinder
- smear campaignOrganized defamation effort
- pap smearsCervical cancer screening test
- political smearDamaging accusation in campaigns
- smear testCervical cancer screening procedure
- blood smearThin layer for microscopy
- ink smearAccidental pen mark
smear, smeared, smeary, smears, smearing, besmeared, smearers