Besmirch

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  • transitive verb. To stain; sully.
  • transitive verb. To make dirty; soil.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To soil; discolor, as with soot or mud; hence, to sully; obscure.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To make dirty; to soil.
  • verb. To tarnish, especially someone's reputation; to debase.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. smear so as to make dirty or stained
  • verb. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
    • Word Usage
    "GARY TUCHMAN, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A warning from Michael Jackson's attorney to those who want to -- quote -- "besmirch" the king of pop's reputation."
    Form
    besmirched  besmirching  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    smear  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    attaint  bedarken  bedaub  besmear  besmoke  
    verb-form
    besmirched  besmirches  besmirching  
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