besmirch
11besmirch — be|smirch [bıˈsmə:tʃ US ə:rtʃ] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: smirch to make dirty (15 20 centuries), perhaps from Old French esmorcher to torture ] literary besmirch sb s honour/reputation to spoil the good opinion that people have of someone …
12besmirch — verb (T) literary besmirch sb s honour/reputation to spoil the good opinion that people have of someone …
13besmirch — verb, literary I m not trying to besmirch the victim, but the woman had an extensive history of drug related arrests Syn: sully, tarnish, blacken, drag through the mud/mire, stain, taint, smear, disgrace, dishonor, bring discredit to, damage,… …
14besmirch — /bəˈsmɜtʃ/ (say buh smerch), /bi / (say bee ) verb (t) 1. to soil; stain, as with soot. 2. to detract from the honour of: to besmirch one s name …
15besmirch — transitive verb Date: 1599 sully, soil …
16besmirch — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
17besmirch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. soil, sully, defile, blacken. See uncleanness, disrepute. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. soil, sully, dishonor, taint, tarnish, smear, muddy, disgrace. ANT.: glorify, honor III (Roget s Thesaurus …
18besmirch — be|smirch [ bı smɜrtʃ ] verb transitive FORMAL to harm the good reputation of someone or something …
19besmirch — be·smirch || bɪ smÉœËtʃ v. stain, dirty, sully, soil …
20besmirch — [bɪ smə:tʃ] verb 1》 damage (someone s reputation). 2》 literary make dirty; soil …
