smudges
Dirty finger traces
Smudges is the plural of smudge—marks made by rubbing or smearing something, typically dirt, ink, or grease: There were smudges on the window where the kids had pressed their faces.
As a verb form, smudges means leaves such marks: The cheap ink smudges if you touch it too soon.
Coated in stubborn dirt
smeared · stained · streaked · fingerprints · greasy · oily · dusty · soot
Lack of sharpness
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
- foggyObscured by vapor
- mistyObscured by vapor
- indistinctUnclear, hard to perceive
unclear · fuzzy · obscure · veil · smeared · streaky · fingerprints · lens
Burned wood residue
- pastelPale, gentle shade
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
- blendingCombining into uniformity
gradation · brushwork · gesture · frottage · graphite · chalk · fingerwork · softening
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
- sweetgrassFragrant ceremonial sedge
- cedarDurable, fragrant conifer
- palo santoAromatic South American tree
- cleansingRemoving dirt or toxins
purification · ceremony · incense · smoke · blessing · spiritual · indigenous · bundle
grimy
Coated in stubborn dirt
mucky · smeared · stained · streaked · fingerprints · greasy · oily · dusty · soot · ink
blur
Lack of sharpness
indistinct · unclear · fuzzy · obscure · veil · smeared · streaky · fingerprints · lens · glasses
charcoal
Burned wood residue
blending · gradation · brushwork · gesture · frottage · graphite · chalk · fingerwork · softening · stippling
sage
Wisdom keeper or seasoning
- sweetgrassFragrant ceremonial sedge
- cedarDurable, fragrant conifer
- palo santoAromatic South American tree
cleansing · purification · ceremony · incense · smoke · blessing · spiritual · indigenous · bundle · abalone shell
- handwriting mistakessmearing, misspellings, strikethroughs, wrong letter, double letters
- markingsspots, specks, speckles, lines, dots
- craft flawscracks, tears, holes, stains, gaps
- printer problemspaper jam, paper jams, low ink, blank pages, streaking
- oily residuesgrease, grime, film, slick, sludge
- Visual Clutterglare, clutter, blur, fingerprints, dust
smudgescleans
Removes dirt from
spotlessness · cleanliness · unmarked · unblemished · immaculate
- smudged makeupCosmetics rubbed out of place
- smudge sticksBound dried plants for burning
- sage smudgingBurning herbs for purification
- smudge potOil-burning frost protector
- smudging ceremonyRitual burning for spiritual purification