That news will besmirch his reputation for honesty.
Source: tatoeba (45206)
Besmirch
//bɪˈsmɜːtʃ//
Synonyms for "besmirch" (170 found)
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Related words (85)
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4 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 22 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- προσπηλακίζω verb (tarnish; debase)
Bulgarian
4 entries- мърся verb (make dirty)
- омърсявам verb (make dirty)
- петня verb (tarnish; debase)
- черня verb (tarnish; debase)
Catalan
1 entries- embrutar verb (make dirty)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 弄髒 /弄脏 verb (make dirty)
- 污漫 verb (tarnish; debase)
- 浼污 verb (tarnish; debase)
Dutch
3 entries- bekladden verb (tarnish; debase)
- besmeuren verb (make dirty)
- bezoedelen verb (tarnish; debase)
Finnish
2 entries- liata verb (make dirty)
- liata verb (tarnish; debase)
French
3 entries- avilir verb (tarnish; debase)
- salir verb (make dirty)
- salir verb (tarnish; debase)
Galician
2 entries- difamar verb (tarnish; debase)
- ensuciar verb (make dirty)
German
4 entries- beschmieren verb (make dirty)
- beschmutzen verb (make dirty)
- beschmutzen verb (tarnish; debase)
- besudeln verb (tarnish; debase)
Greek
2 entries- λερώνω verb (make dirty)
- σπιλώνω verb (tarnish; debase)
Hungarian
2 entries- bemocskol verb (make dirty)
- gyaláz verb (tarnish; debase)
Italian
4 entries- denigrare verb (tarnish; debase)
- insozzare verb (make dirty)
- insudiciare verb (make dirty)
- insudiciare verb (tarnish; debase)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- besudle verb (tarnish; debase)
- tilskitne verb (make dirty)
- tilskitne verb (tarnish; debase)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- چامورلامق verb (tarnish; debase)
Portuguese
4 entries- conspurcar verb (tarnish; debase)
- deslustrar verb (tarnish; debase)
- macular verb (tarnish; debase)
- sujar verb (make dirty)
Romanian
2 entries- spurca verb (make dirty)
- spurca verb (tarnish; debase)
Russian
4 entries- загрязня́ть verb (make dirty)
- запятна́ть verb (tarnish; debase)
- испа́чкать verb (make dirty)
- па́чкать verb (make dirty)
Slovak
4 entries- očierniť verb (tarnish; debase)
- očierňovať verb (tarnish; debase)
- pošpiniť verb (make dirty)
- pošpiniť verb (tarnish; debase)
Spanish
4 entries- empañar verb (tarnish; debase)
- enlodar verb (tarnish; debase)
- ensuciar verb (make dirty)
- macular verb (tarnish; debase)
Swedish
1 entries- befläcka verb (tarnish; debase)
Thai
1 entries- ป้ายสี verb (tarnish; debase)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бруднити verb (make dirty)
- ганьби́ти verb (tarnish; debase)
- замазувати verb (make dirty)
- зневажа́ти verb (tarnish; debase)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Please don't do anything that would besmirch the Matsuno family name!
Source: tatoeba (329149)
You'll never be able to besmirch my name.
Source: tatoeba (10664992)
The scandal threatened to besmirch the company's image.
Source: tatoeba (12434729)
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