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besmirch   (TTS Sound)

The verb besmirch has 2 senses

• defame, slander, smirch, asperse, denigrate, calumniate, smear, sully, besmirch -- (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")


• smirch, besmirch -- (smear so as to make dirty or stained)