Besmirch \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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
besmirch
v 1: 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" [syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse,
denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully]
2: smear so as to make dirty or stained [syn: smirch]
WordNet (r) 2.0
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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