BESMIRCH

defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch

(verb) 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”

smirch, besmirch

(verb) smear so as to make dirty or stained

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

besmirch (third-person singular simple present besmirches, present participle besmirching, simple past and past participle besmirched)

(transitive, literary) To make dirty.

Synonym: soil

(transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.

Synonyms: debase, smear, slander

Anagrams

• Schembri

Source: Wiktionary

Be*smirch", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besmirched; p. pr. & vb. n. Besmirching.]

Definition: To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To dishonor; to sully. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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