BESMIRCH as VERB

1. Meaning
   • charge falsely or with malicious intent
   • attack the good name and reputation of someone
   Synonym(s)
   • asperse (what does asperse mean?)
   • calumniate (what does calumniate mean?)
   • defame (what does defame mean?)
   • denigrate (what does denigrate mean?)
   • slander (what does slander mean?)
   • smear (what does smear mean?)
   • smirch (what does smirch mean?)
   • sully (what does sully mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The journalists have defamed me! The article in the paper sullied my reputation
   Hypernyms(s) besmirch is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • charge (what does charge mean?)
   • accuse (what does accuse mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • assassinate (what does assassinate mean?)
   • libel (what does libel mean?)
   • badmouth (what does badmouth mean?)
   • malign (what does malign mean?)
   • traduce (what does traduce mean?)
   • drag through the mud (what does drag through the mud mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • smear (what does smear mean?)
   • vilification (what does vilification mean?)
   • malignment (what does malignment mean?)
   • defamation (what does defamation mean?)
   • calumny (what does calumny mean?)
   • obloquy (what does obloquy mean?)
   • traducement (what does traducement mean?)
   • hatchet job (what does hatchet job mean?)
   • aspersion (what does aspersion mean?)
   • calumny (what does calumny mean?)
   • slander (what does slander mean?)
   • defamation (what does defamation mean?)
   • denigration (what does denigration mean?)
   • aspersion (what does aspersion mean?)
   • calumny (what does calumny mean?)
   • slander (what does slander mean?)
   • defamation (what does defamation mean?)
   • denigration (what does denigration mean?)
   • aspersion (what does aspersion mean?)
   • slur (what does slur mean?)
   • aspersion (what does aspersion mean?)
   • calumny (what does calumny mean?)
   • slander (what does slander mean?)
   • defamation (what does defamation mean?)
   • denigration (what does denigration mean?)
   • blot (what does blot mean?)
   • smear (what does smear mean?)
   • smirch (what does smirch mean?)
   • spot (what does spot mean?)
   • stain (what does stain mean?)
   • aspersion (what does aspersion mean?)
   • calumny (what does calumny mean?)
   • slander (what does slander mean?)
   • defamation (what does defamation mean?)
   • denigration (what does denigration mean?)
   • slander (what does slander mean?)
   • defamer (what does defamer mean?)
   • maligner (what does maligner mean?)
   • slanderer (what does slanderer mean?)
   • vilifier (what does vilifier mean?)
   • libeler (what does libeler mean?)
   • backbiter (what does backbiter mean?)
   • traducer (what does traducer mean?)
   • defamation (what does defamation mean?)
   • calumny (what does calumny mean?)
   • obloquy (what does obloquy mean?)
   • traducement (what does traducement mean?)
   • hatchet job (what does hatchet job mean?)
   • aspersion (what does aspersion mean?)
   • calumny (what does calumny mean?)
   • slander (what does slander mean?)
   • defamation (what does defamation mean?)
   • denigration (what does denigration mean?)
   • defamer (what does defamer mean?)
   • maligner (what does maligner mean?)
   • slanderer (what does slanderer mean?)
   • vilifier (what does vilifier mean?)
   • libeler (what does libeler mean?)
   • backbiter (what does backbiter mean?)
   • traducer (what does traducer mean?)
2. Meaning
   • smear so as to make dirty or stained
   Synonym(s)
   • smirch (what does smirch mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) besmirch is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • smear (what does smear mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • smudge (what does smudge mean?)
   • spot (what does spot mean?)
   • blot (what does blot mean?)
   • daub (what does daub mean?)
   • smear (what does smear mean?)
   • smirch (what does smirch mean?)
   • slur (what does slur mean?)