besmirch

UK /bɪˈsmɜːtʃ/ US /bɪˈsmɝːt͡ʃ/

verb 2

Collocations

ADJ.

able, threatened

VERB + BESMIRCH

campaign

BESMIRCH + NOUN

actor, company's, family, image, matsuno, reputation

verb

To make dirty.

To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.

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

verb — charge falsely or with malicious intent

verb — smear so as to make dirty or stained

The newspaper was on a campaign to besmirch the actor.

Wiktionary

Our gayness and our gilt are all besmirch'd With rainy marching in the painful field

Wiktionary

"It may be," he replied, "because I will not encounter the dishonor that besmirches the husband of a faithless woman.[…]"

Wiktionary

That news will besmirch his reputation for honesty.

Tatoeba · #45206

Please don't do anything that would besmirch the Matsuno family name!

Tatoeba · #329149

You'll never be able to besmirch my name.

Tatoeba · #10664992

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