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/ |
- besmirch somebody/something to damage the opinion that people have of somebody/something synonym sully
- He had deliberately set out to besmirch her reputation.
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