[ UK /bɪsmˈɜːt‍ʃ/ ]
VERB
  1. charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
    The article in the paper sullied my reputation
    The journalists have defamed me!
  2. smear so as to make dirty or stained
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How To Use besmirch In A Sentence

  • How much is your good name worth, and what would you do if you felt the media had besmirched your reputation?
  • What he is really worried about is how such a move would be received by the general public, but his reputation is now beyond besmirching.
  • If besmirch still is in, can use besmirch of eject of agent of appropriative carpet sparge, let it become farinaceous , can suck besmirch according to common aspiration next.
  • I just hate to see your great screen name besmirched by comparison ... Latest Articles
  • So in the end all you really are doing is besmirching reputations.
  • ‘If employees aren't treated with common decency and respect in a layoff, the company's reputation is besmirched in many eyes,’ she says.
  • He explained, in all good humour, that he refrained from taking the title assumed by his father lest haply he should besmirch it.
  • No one intended to besmirch your handguns, but just to keep things straight, we checked with Winchester on our ballistics.
  • He's even threatened to take the considerable moolah he was going to sink into the team's purchase and by cracky, sue those vile scalawags who besmirched his integri-fucking-ty! Archive 2009-11-01
  • Mostly I feel bad for the house, a fine-looking old mansion that should not have had its good name besmirched by this production. Film.com Movie Blog
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