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Besmirch

verb
(past & past part. besmirched; pres. part. besmirching)
1.
Charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone.  Synonyms: asperse, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully.  "The article in the paper sullied my reputation"
2.
Smear so as to make dirty or stained.  Synonym: smirch.






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"Besmirch" Quotes from Famous Books



... to be absent until the deal was closed. Furthermore, the chances were that the British-American Coal and Lumber Company would still have good value for their money, for the west half of the limits was exceptionally good; and besides, what right had he to besmirch the honor of his employer, and to set his judgment above that of a man of much greater experience? Ranald understood also Mr. St. Clair's reference to the changes in the firm, and it gave him no small satisfaction to think that in ...
— The Man From Glengarry - A Tale Of The Ottawa • Ralph Connor

... tight-shut house, [5]the man that wrote the ogam hereon[5] will bring slaughter and bloodshed upon ye before the hour of rising on the morrow, if ye make light of him!" "That, surely, would not be pleasing to us," quoth Medb, "that any one should [6]straightway[6] spill our blood or besmirch us red, now that we are come to this unknown province, even to the province of Ulster. More pleasing would it be to us, to spill another's blood and redden him." "Far be it from us to set this [W.618.] withy at naught," ...
— The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Tain Bo Cualnge • Unknown



Words linked to "Besmirch" :   traduce, libel, accuse, assassinate, drag through the mud, badmouth, malign, charge



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