Besmirch

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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