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Besmirch

bɪˈsməːtʃ

Besmirch definitions

verb

Inflections:

besmirch besmirched besmirches besmirching

damage (someone's reputation)

"he had besmirched the good name of his family"

Synonyms:
sully tarnish blacken drag through the mud/mire stain taint smear befoul soil contaminate pollute disgrace dishonour bring discredit to stigmatize injure damage debase spoil ruin
make (something) dirty or discoloured

"the ground was besmirched with blood"

Synonyms:
dirty filthy grimy muddy mud-caked grubby messy soiled stained smeared smeary scummy slimy sticky sooty dusty unclean foul begrimed bespattered befouled polluted squalid insanitary