Bemire

Quick meaning: Bemire is a verb meaning (figurative) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.

Meaning

(figurative) To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully.

More Meanings

1. (archaic) To soil with mud or a similar substance.
2. (archaic) To immerse or trap in mire.

Example Sentences

Likely the stage-coach is bemired. The roads at this season of the year are none too good.

Ah me! while I fond wretch indulge my Dreams, Winds blast my Flow’rs, and Boars bemire my Streams.

In two of the morasses there was not depth sufficient to have bemired an animal of such magnitude and strength […]

I saw your horse bemired, and put him from his agony; which, by my sooth! an ye had been a more merciful rider, ye had done yourself.

Word Forms

• bemires
• bemiring
• bemired

Synonyms for bemire

Depending on context, synonyms include dirty, soil, colly, begrime, grime.

Antonyms for bemire

Common opposites include clean.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include begrime, grime, colly, dirty, soil, bemud.

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