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Besmirch

//bɪˈsmɜːtʃ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To make dirty. literary, transitive
  2. 2
    charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone wordnet
  3. 3
    To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation. transitive

    "The newspaper was on a campaign to besmirch the actor."

  4. 4
    smear so as to make dirty or stained wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English besmorchen (attested in besmorchid). Compare Middle English bismotered (“bespattered, soiled”). By surface analysis, be- + smirch.

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