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   besmirch

   /bɪˈsməːtʃ/

   verb

   • 1. damage (someone's reputation): "he had besmirched the good name of his family"
   • 2. make (something) dirty or discoloured: literary "the ground was besmirched with blood"

   Word Origin early 17th century: from be- + smirch.

   Scrabble Points: 17

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   What does besmirch mean?

   • BESMIRCH definition: 1. to say bad things about someone to influence other people's opinion of them: 2. to say bad…. Learn more.

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   What does Smirch mean?

   • A smirch is a stain, and to smirch something is to stain it or make it dirty. By extension, the verb smirch came to mean "to bring discredit or disgrace on." Smirch and besmirch, then, mean essentially the same thing. Recent Examples on the Web With their reputations besmirched, their families despaired of finding them a suitor.

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   Do we want our country's name besmirched?

   • We do not want our country's name to be besmirched by the disgraceful incidents that have been witnessed over the past few years. It is such a shame that, often, the achievements on the pitch are diminished and besmirched by what happens off the pitch.

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   Besmirch means to say bad things about someone to influence other people's opinion of them. Learn more about this literary verb, its synonym defame, and how to use it in sentences with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and the Hansard archive.

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     BESMIRCH translate: 玷污，損害（名譽等）. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   Besmirch means to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of something. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles of besmirch from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   3 meanings: 1. to make dirty; soil 2. to reduce the brightness or lustre of 3. to sully (often in the phrase besmirch (a.... Click for more definitions.

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   To besmirch means to dirty or tarnish, particularly someone's reputation — like when you call Billy a cheater at kickball (even though you know he's just better at bunting than you).

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   Besmirch means to soil, tarnish, or discolor something or someone's honor or reputation. Learn more about its origin, usage, and related words from Dictionary.com.

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