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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Besmirch \Be*smirch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besmirched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Besmirching.]
To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To
dishonor; to sully. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Besmirch \Be*smirch"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besmirched; p. pr.
& vb. n. Besmirching.]
To smirch or soil; to discolor; to obscure. Hence: To
dishonor; to sully. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
besmirch
v 1: charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good
name and reputation of someone; "The journalists have
defamed me!" "The article in the paper sullied my
reputation" [syn: defame, slander, smirch, asperse,
denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully]
2: smear so as to make dirty or stained [syn: smirch]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
besmirch
vb.
1 (lb en transitive literary) To make dirty.
2 (lb en transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's
reputation.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
besmirch
vb.
1 (lb en transitive literary) To make dirty.
2 (lb en transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's
reputation.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
besmirch
vb.
1 (lb en transitive literary) To make dirty.
2 (lb en transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's
reputation.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
besmirch
vb.
1 (lb en transitive literary) To make dirty.
2 (lb en transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's
reputation.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
besmirch
Englanti vb.
1 liata, pilata
2 tahrata (jonkun maine)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
besmirch
Engelska vb.
besudla, smutsa ner
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Besmirch /bɪsmˈɜːtʃ/
لطّخ
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
besmirch //bɪˈsmɜːtʃ// //bɪˈsmɝːt͡ʃ//
1. мърся, омърсявам
make dirty
2. петня, черня
tarnish; debase
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
besmirch /bɪsmˈɜːtʃ/
pošpinit
From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]
besmirch /bɪsmˈɜːtʃ/
trybaeddu
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
besmirch //bɪˈsmɜːtʃ// //bɪˈsmɝːt͡ʃ//
liata 2.
make dirty
3.
tarnish; debase
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
besmirch //bɪˈsmɜːtʃ// //bɪˈsmɝːt͡ʃ//
befläcka
tarnish; debase
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
besmirch /bɪsmˈɜːtʃ/
1. kirletmek, rengini attırmak
2. şerefine halel getirmek.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "besmirch":
attaint, bedarken, bedaub, besmear, besmoke, besmutch, besoil,
bespatter, bestain, black, blacken, blackwash, blot, blotch, blur,
brand, call names, charcoal, cork, darken, daub, defile, denigrate,
dinge, dirty, discolor, ebonize, engage in personalities,
heap dirt upon, ink, mark, melanize, muckrake, murk, nigrify,
oversmoke, revile, scorch, sear, shade, shadow, singe, slubber,
slur, smear, smirch, smoke, smouch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil,
soot, spot, stain, stigmatize, sully, taint, tar, tarnish,
throw mud at, vilify
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
v. 弄污,污渍;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vt. 弄污,污渍
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