smudgy

smudge  (smj)

v. smudged, smudg·ing, smudg·es

v.tr.

1. To make dirty, especially in one small area.

2. To smear or blur (something).

3. To fill (an orchard or another planted area) with dense smoke from a smudge pot in order to prevent damage from insects or frost.

v.intr.

1. To smear something as with dirt, soot, or ink.

2. To become smudged: Photo negatives smudge easily.

n.

1. A blotch or smear.

2. A smoky fire used as a protection against insects or frost.

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[Middle English smogen.]

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smudgi·ly adv.

smudgi·ness n.

smudgy adj.

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smudgy [smʌdʒɪ]

adj

1. smeared, blurred, or soiled, or likely to become so

2. made deliberately indistinct or cloudy smudgy colours

smudginess  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

smudgy - smeared with something that soils or stains; these words are often used in combination; "oil-smeared work clothes"; "hostile faces smirched by the grime and rust"- Henry Roth; "ink-smudged fingers" dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

Translations

smudgy [ˈsmʌdʒɪ] ADJ [photo] → movido, borroso; [page] → emborronado, lleno de borrones; [writing etc] → borroso

smudgy

adj (+er) → verschmiert; outline → verwischt, verschwommen