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besmirch

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be⋅smirch

  [bi-smurch]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to soil; tarnish; discolor.
2. to detract from the honor or luster of: to besmirch someone's good name.
Origin:
1590–1600; be- + smirch

Related forms:
be⋅smirch⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
2. stain, tarnish, soil, blacken, dishonor, discredit, sully, besmear.
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be·smirch   (bĭ-smûrch')   
tr.v.   be·smirched, be·smirch·ing, be·smirch·es

  1. To stain; sully: a reputation that was besmirched by slander.

  2. To make dirty; soil.

be·smirch'er n., be·smirch'ment n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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