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Synonyms for smut

Noun

1. carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, carbon, C, atomic number 6
usage: a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
2. smut, plant disease
usage: destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
3. smut, smut fungus, fungus
usage: any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
4. pornography, porno, porn, erotica, smut, creation, creative activity
usage: creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire

Verb

1. smut, change, alter, modify
usage: make obscene; "This line in the play smuts the entire act"
2. smut, stain
usage: stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
3. smut, mold, mildew
usage: become affected with smut; "the corn smutted and could not be eaten"
4. smut, infect, taint
usage: affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
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