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Definition of besmirch verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

besmirch

verb
 
/bɪˈsmɜːtʃ/
 
/bɪˈsmɜːrtʃ/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they besmirch
 
/bɪˈsmɜːtʃ/
 
/bɪˈsmɜːrtʃ/
he / she / it besmirches
 
/bɪˈsmɜːtʃɪz/
 
/bɪˈsmɜːrtʃɪz/
past simple besmirched
 
/bɪˈsmɜːtʃt/
 
/bɪˈsmɜːrtʃt/
past participle besmirched
 
/bɪˈsmɜːtʃt/
 
/bɪˈsmɜːrtʃt/
-ing form besmirching
 
/bɪˈsmɜːtʃɪŋ/
 
/bɪˈsmɜːrtʃɪŋ/
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  1. besmirch somebody/something to damage the opinion that people have of somebody/something synonym sully
    • He had deliberately set out to besmirch her reputation.
See besmirch in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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