besmirch
[bih-smurch]
verb (used with object)
to soil; tarnish; discolor.
to detract from the honor or luster of: to besmirch someone's good name.
Origin of besmirch
Synonyms for besmirch
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Contemporary Examples of besmirched
He has a sense of honor and an instinct for revenge when he feels his honor has been besmirched.
Historical Examples of besmirched
"Let my name be besmirched, provided only my country is saved," is Quesnel's answer to Teulier.
Romain RollandStefan Zweig
Only a few more days and her name, which for the moment he had cleared, would be besmirched in earnest.
BereniceE. Phillips Oppenheim
Theres th muck o a dozen greasy rascals here, she chattered, as she besmirched him.
Back o' the MoonOliver Onions
I know, mother, that the people's souls are foul and besmirched.
MotherMaksim Gorky
But since that time the barbarous castigation of her father had beclouded and besmirched her very soul.
The Goose ManJacob Wassermann
besmirch
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