Synonyms of the word

smut

• n. (uncountable) Soot.
• n. (countable) A flake of ash or soot.
• n. (uncountable) Sexually vulgar material; something that is sexual in a dirty way; pornographic material.
• n. (uncountable) Obscene language; ribaldry; obscenity.
• n. (derogatory) A promiscuous woman.
• n. Any of a range of fungi, mostly Ustilaginomycetes, that cause plant disease in grasses, including cereal…
• n. (mining) Bad, soft coal containing earthy matter, found in the immediate locality of faults.
• v. To stain (or be stained) with soot etc.
• v. (intransitive) To gather smut; to be converted into smut; to become smutted.
• v. To taint (grain, etc.) with the smut fungus.
• v. To clear of the smut fungus.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

carbon

• n. (uncountable) The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6.
• n. (countable) An atom of this element, in reference to a molecule containing it.
• n. (countable, informal) A sheet of carbon paper.
• n. (countable, informal) A carbon copy.
• n. A fossil fuel that is made of impure carbon such as coal or charcoal.
• n. (ecology, uncountable) Carbon dioxide, in the context of global warming and climate change.
• n. A carbon rod or pencil used in an arc lamp.
• n. A plate or piece of carbon used as one of the elements of a voltaic battery.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

creation

• n. (countable) Something created such as an invention or artwork.
• n. (uncountable) The act of creating something.
• n. (uncountable) All which exists.

crock

• n. A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
• n. A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
• n. (Britain) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
• n. (Britain) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse).
• n. (slang, countable and uncountable) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
• n. A low stool.
• n. (medical slang, derogatory) A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor…
• v. To break something or injure someone.
• v. (textiles, leatherworking) To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
• v. (horticulture) To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure…
• v. (transitive, now dialectal) To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.
• n. The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.
• n. Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.
• v. (intransitive) To give off crock or smut.

erotica

• n. Erotic literature, art, decoration or other such work.

filth

• n. Dirt; foul matter; that which soils or defiles.
• n. Smut; that which sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
• n. (Britain, pejorative, slang, with definite article) The police.
• n. (US, agriculture, dated) Weeds growing on pasture land.

fungus

• n. (mycology) Any member of the kingdom Fungi; a eukaryotic organism typically having chitin cell walls but…

infect

• v. (transitive) To bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen).
• v. (transitive) To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion.
• adj. (obsolete) Infected.

lampblack

• n. An amorphous form of carbon made from incompletely burned organic matter; used to make pigments and inks.
• v. (transitive) To blacken using this form of carbon.

mildew

• n. (phytopathology) A growth of minute powdery or webby fungi, whitish or of different colors, found on various…
• v. (transitive) To taint with mildew.
• v. (intransitive) To become tainted with mildew.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

mold

• n. A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance.
• n. A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped.
• n. Something that is made in or shaped on a mold.
• n. The shape or pattern of a mold.
• n. General shape or form.
• n. Distinctive character or type.
• n. A fixed or restrictive pattern or form.
• n. (architecture) A group of moldings.
• n. (anatomy) A fontanelle.
• v. (transitive) To shape in or on a mold.
• v. (transitive) To form into a particular shape; to give shape to.
• v. (transitive) To guide or determine the growth or development of; influence.
• v. (transitive) To fit closely by following the contours of.
• v. (transitive) To make a mold of or from (molten metal, for example) before casting.
• v. (transitive) To ornament with moldings.
• v. (intransitive) To be shaped in or as if in a mold.
• n. A natural substance in the form of a woolly or furry growth of tiny fungi that appears when organic material…
• v. (transitive) To cause to become moldy; to cause mold to grow upon.
• v. (intransitive) To become moldy; to be covered or filled, in whole or in part, with a mold.
• n. Loose friable soil, rich in humus and fit for planting.
• v. To cover with mold or soil.

obscenity

• n. (countable) Something that is obscene.
• n. (countable) An act of obscene behaviour.
• n. (countable) Specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word.
• n. (uncountable) The qualities that make something obscene; lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour.

porn

• n. (uncountable, informal) Pornography.
• n. (countable, informal, chiefly in the plural) A pornographic work.
• n. (uncountable, informal) Material, usually visual, presenting something desirable in a lurid, garish, or…
• n. (uncountable, informal, often humorous) Material that provides illicit gratification of an obsessive or…

porno

• adj. Pornographic.
• n. (uncountable) Pornography.
• n. (countable) A pornographic film.

pornography

• n. The explicit literary or visual depiction of sexual subject matter; a display of material of an erotic…
• n. (usually humorous) The graphic, detailed, often gratuitous depiction of something.

profanity

• n. (uncountable) The quality of being profane.
• n. (countable) Obscene, lewd or abusive language.

soot

• n. Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion…
• v. (transitive) To cover or dress with soot.

stain

• n. A discoloured spot or area.
• n. A blemish on one's character or reputation.
• n. A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
• n. A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
• v. To discolour something.
• v. To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation.
• v. To coat a surface with a stain.
• v. (cytology) To treat a microscope specimen with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features.
• v. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

taint

• n. A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
• n. A mark of disgrace, especially on one's character; blemish.
• n. (obsolete) tincture; hue; colour.
• n. (obsolete) infection; corruption; deprivation.
• v. (transitive) To contaminate or corrupt (something) with an external agent, either physically or morally.
• v. (transitive) To spoil (food) by contamination.
• v. (intransitive) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched by something corrupting.
• v. (intransitive) To be affected with incipient putrefaction.
• v. (transitive, computing, programming) To mark (a variable) as unsafe, so that operations involving it are…
• v. (transitive, Australia, finance) To invalidate (a share capital account) by transferring profits into…
• n. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
• n. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an…
• v. (transitive) To damage, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an…
• v. (transitive) To hit or touch lightly, in tilting.
• v. (intransitive) To thrust ineffectually with a lance.
• n. (slang) The perineum.
• contract. Alternative spelling of 'taint.

vulgarism

• n. (grammar) A word or term that is considered offensive or vulgar.
• n. A spelling, word, or phrase used in common speech that is considered improper or incorrect for formal…