About The Word Besmirch
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Besmirch
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What's The Definition Of Besmirch?
[v] charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
[v] smear so as to make dirty or stained Synonyms | Synonyms for Besmirch: asperse | calumniate | defame | denigrate | slander | smear | smirch | smirch | sully Related Terms | Find terms related to Besmirch: attaint | bedarken | bedaub | besmear | besmoke | besmutch | besoil | bespatter | bestain | black | blacken | blackwash | blot | blotch | blur | brand | call names | charcoal | cork | darken | daub | defile | denigrate | dinge | dirty | discolor | ebonize | engage in personalities | heap dirt upon | ink | mark | melanize | muckrake | murk | nigrify | oversmoke | revile | scorch | sear | shade | shadow | singe | slubber | slur | smear | smirch | smoke | smouch | smudge | smut | smutch | soil | soot | spot | stain | stigmatize | sully | taint | tar | tarnish | throw mud at | vilify See Also | accuse | assassinate | badmouth | charge | drag through the mud | libel | malign | smear | traduce Besmirch In Webster's Dictionary \Be*smirch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Besmirched}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Besmirching}.]
To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To
dishonor; to sully. --Shak.
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