words associated with anointing
Synonyms of anoint
bedaub: : to daub over : besmear
besmear: : smear
daub: : to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster
smear: : a viscous or sticky substance
Words Related to anoint
coat: : an outer garment worn on the upper body and varying in length and style according to fashion and use
paint: : to apply color, pigment, or paint to
plaster: : a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance adhesive plaster
grease: : rendered animal fat
oil: : any of numerous unctuous combustible substances that are liquid or can be liquefied easily on warming, are soluble in ether but not in water, and leave a greasy stain on paper or cloth
gum: : the tissue that surrounds the necks of teeth and covers the alveolar parts of the jaws
lard: : to dress (meat) for cooking by inserting or covering with something (such as strips of fat)
pitch: : a black or dark viscous substance obtained as a residue in the distillation of organic materials and especially tars
tar: : a dark brown or black bituminous usually odorous viscous liquid obtained by destructive distillation of organic material (such as wood, coal, or peat)
befoul: : to make foul (as with dirt or waste)
begrime: : to make dirty with grime
bemire: : to soil with mud or dirt
besmirch: : sully , soil besmirching her reputation High ideals were besmirched by cruelty and greed … —R. A. Newhall
blacken: : to become dark or black the sky blackens
dirty: : not clean or pure dirty clothes dirty fingernails
foul: : offensive to the senses : loathsome the foul odor of rotten eggs
gaum: : smudge , smear
grime: : soot, smut, or dirt adhering to or embedded in a surface
mire: : wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) the mire is relieved only by small stretches of open dry forest —Saturday Review
muck: : soft moist farmyard manure
muddy: : morally impure : base
smirch: : to make dirty, stained, or discolored : sully
smudge: : to make a smudge on
soil: : to stain or defile morally : corrupt
stain: : to suffuse with color
sully: : to make soiled or tarnished : defile
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