What does besmirch mean?
Besmirch means (transitive, literary) To make dirty..
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/bɪˈsmɜːtʃ/ · verb
(transitive, literary) To make dirty..
The newspaper was on a campaign to besmirch the actor.
Our gayness and our gilt are all besmirch'd With rainy marching in the painful field
"It may be," he replied, "because I will not encounter the dishonor that besmirches the husband of a faithless woman.[…]"
Sir Guy might still have slain him without besmirching his knightly honor
Use besmirch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Besmirch means (transitive, literary) To make dirty..
Common synonyms include soil, sully, tarnish, assoil.
Possible antonyms include unbesmirch.
The newspaper was on a campaign to besmirch the actor.
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