Meaning & Definition of Smut in English
English⟶
Smut
/smət/
noun
1. A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
synonym:
- carbon black,
- lampblack,
- soot,
- smut,
- crock
2. Destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
synonym:
- smut
3. Any fungus of the order ustilaginales
synonym:
- smut,
- smut fungus
4. An offensive or indecent word or phrase
synonym:
- obscenity,
- smut,
- vulgarism,
- filth,
- dirty word
5. Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
synonym:
- pornography,
- porno,
- porn,
- erotica,
- smut
verb
1. Make obscene
- "This line in the play smuts the entire act"
synonym:
- smut
2. Stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
synonym:
- smut
3. Become affected with smut
- "The corn smutted and could not be eaten"
synonym:
- smut
4. Affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
synonym:
- smut